Description
How to make delicious Japanese style Tarako / Mentaiko Pasta (たらこ・明太子パスタ) with spaghetti, homemade cod roe sauce and fragrant shiso leaves.
Ingredients
Scale
- 200g Spaghetti (1.7-1.8ml)
- 3 litres Water
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 80g Mentaiko or Tarako
- 20g Unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 tsp Tsuyu sauce or soy sauce
- 1 pinch Black pepper
- 1 tbsp Milk
- 3 Ooba leaves or 2 tbsp cut nori
- 1 slice Lemon (optional, see note)
Instructions
- First, take a large pot and bring 3 litres of water to a boil.
- While you're waiting for your water to boil, soften the butter and take the skin off of the mentaiko by cutting it open and scraping the contents out with a spoon. (Don't throw away the skin, it's edible so you can eat it with rice or put it in onigiri rice balls.)
- Cut the ooba leaves into 3mm wide strips.
- Once the water is boiling, add 1 tbsp of salt and 200g spaghetti. Cook until "el dente" (firm to the bite).
- While you wait for the spaghetti to cook, take a large bowl and add the butter, mentaiko, olive oil, tsuyu sauce, black pepper and milk. Mix until well incorporated.
- Once the spaghetti is cooked, take 1 tbsp of the pasta water and add it to the bowl of mentaiko sauce.
- Drain the rest of the water and add the cooked spaghetti to the bowl.
- Mix until the pasta is well covered.
- Transfer the pasta to serving dishes and top with the cut ooba leaves (or nori).
- Enjoy!
Notes
If you're using nori, about 1/4 a sheet of sushi nori will be enough to garnish two portions.
You can add a squeeze of lemon over the pasta at the end.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Fusion
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Japanese / Italian
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