Spaghettini with Fish Roe Dressing

A Japanese-Italian fusion dish combining delicate spaghettini pasta with mentaiko (fish roe) and butter, garnished with traditional Japanese ingredients like nori seaweed and shiso leaves.

2 servings
21 min

Ingredients

  • 6 oz uncooked spaghettini
  • 3 oz mentaiko
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 sheet nori seaweed
  • 4 leaves shiso leaves
  • ½ teaspoon kombu cha powder
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons green onion

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    1. Boil the spaghettini in a pan of salted water until al dente.

    8 min

  2. 2.

    2. Soften the butter and beat until creamy. Remove the thin membrane form the mentaiko and mix the roe with the butter.

    5 min

  3. 3.

    3. Finely shred the dried seaweed (nori) and the shisho leaves.

    3 min

  4. 4.

    4. When the spaghettini is cooked, drain well. Immediately mix with the mentaiko and the better and season with kombu cha powder and soy sauce.

    3 min

  5. 5.

    5. Put onto a serving plate, sprinkle the dried seaweed and shisho leaves on top and garnish with green onions or chives.

    2 min