Mentaiko Butter Cream Pasta
Mentaiko Butter Cream Pasta

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Mentaiko Pasta (明太子パスタ) is a delicious Japanese-style cod roe pasta that comes together in a matter of minutes from just a handful of ingredients. With a rich, creamy sauce that's loaded with umami, it's no wonder this new classic has become a household staple in Japan. Mentaiko Butter Cream Pasta I love cream pastas!

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mentaiko butter cream pasta using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mentaiko Butter Cream Pasta:
  1. Make ready 100 grams Pasta
  2. Get 30 to 40 grams Tarako or mentaiko
  3. Get 5 grams Butter
  4. Prepare 100 ml Heavy cream
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Kombu tea (if available)
  6. Make ready 1 dash Salt and pepper
  7. Take 1 Shredded nori seaweed, shiso leaves, etc

And of course karakuchi (spicy) mentaiko. Which is also known as pollack roe. The hot cooked pasta will heat up the mentaiko cream sauce. This sauce is not very "saucy", but if you prefer you can double the amount of the sauce and pollack/cod roe.

Instructions to make Mentaiko Butter Cream Pasta:
  1. Boil the pasta in a lot of water with salt (not listed). Remove the membranes from the cod roe (or mentaiko).
  2. Heat butter in a frying pan. When it starts to melt, add the heavy cream and heat, but do not boil.
  3. Add the cod roe and season with salt and pepper (and konbu tea, if available).
  4. Add the boiled pasta. If you like a lighter sauce, turn off the heat and coat with the sauce. If you prefer a richer sauce, continue heating to concentrate the flavor.
  5. Transfer to a plate. Top as you like with shredded nori seaweed or shiso and enjoy!

Don't increase just creamy sauce (milk + heavy cream) because the balance between spicy/salty roe and the creamy sauce will be off. A Japanese-invented pasta, Mentaiko Pasta is a spaghetti coated with brined spicy cod roe with Japanese seasonings and butter. It is a very quick and simple pasta, and so tasty. Mentaiko Pasta is a must-try yōshoku (Japanese-style Western food)! In September, Nagi published her Tokyo Guide in RecipeTin Eats.

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