Caper buds. Capers are a distinctive ingredient in Italian cuisine, especially in Sicilian, Aeolian and southern Italian cooking. They are commonly used in salads, pasta salads, meat dishes, and pasta sauces. Examples of uses in Italian cuisine are chicken piccata and "spaghetti alla puttanesca". Capers are known for being one of the ingredients of tartar sauce. They are often served with cold smoked salmon or cured salmon dishes (especially lox and cream cheese). Capers and caper berries are sometimes substituted for olives to garnish a martini. Capers are categorized and sold by their size, defined as follows, with the smallest sizes
Mojo (sauce) Mojo (sauce) Mojo (, from Portuguese "molho" , meaning "sauce") is the name, or abbreviated name, of several types of sauces, varying in spiciness, consisting primarily of olive oil, salt, water, local pepper varieties (called "pimienta" in the Canary Islands), garlic, paprika (called "pimentón" in Spain), cumin or coriander, and other spices. Mojo originated in the Canary Islands, where the main varieties are red mojo ("mojo rojo") and green mojo ("mojo verde"). Other countries have recipes similar to mojo, where acid ingredients such as vinegar, lemon, orange, or lime juice may be used. Green mojo, or mojo containing green spices,