Recipe- Tarako Spaghetti

If you are not fond of caviar or fish roe, this may not be the recipe for you. However, if you do like those things, this is a great dish. My kids are exhorbitantly picky eaters who don't really like pasta. But they LOVE this pasta!! It is supposed to pack well for bento, but again, my picky children will only eat certain foods at certain temperatures and pasta, they like warm. I may try packing it for them as a side dish next week just to try it out.

Ingredients:

2 sections of Japanese salted cod roe(tarako or spicy, karashi mentaiko)
spaghetti (between 6 to 8 oz)
2 tablespoons of butter
about 1/4 cup of heavy cream
nori

This is a really quick dish, so start cooking your pasta first.

Here is what the box looks like for this brand of cod roe. I found this in the freezer section at my local Asian market



Scrape the roe out of the two casings.

Melt the butter in your pan and add the roe.

When you see a color change (light orange) stir in your cream.

Toss in your cooked spaghetti. It should look creamy. If not, add a tiny bit of pasta water.

Cut some nori into small slivers on top of spaghetti and enjoy.

NOTE: even if you dont normally like roe, you may want to give this a try. it really isnt any fishier than canned tuna:)