mentaiko capellini

cooked mentaiko capellini (angelhair) this evening on 2,5,2015.^^

we brought some mentaiko from fukuoka during our recent trip to beppu, yufuin & fukuoka. and i cooked this a few times.

i did a check, only mentaiko available here by kuriya on rakuten & cost S$48 for a tube of 500g. so until the next time i brought back some from japan at a decent price (or maybe some sales at isetan or taka or meidiya), i won’t be cooking this. haha! 🙂

mentaiko capellini

mentaiko capellini

mentaiko capellini

mentaiko capellini

mentaiko capellini

it is a really simple dish to cook.

i googled for recipe & found this 2-

Mentaiko Pasta (明太子パスタ) at norecipes.com; and

Mentaiko Spaghetti (Tokyo-Style Fish Roe Pasta) at www.saveur.com

anyhow, i modified & adjusted to my own needs-

Ingredients:

200g capellini

100g mentaiko

2tbsp olive oil

1tbsp mirin

1.5tbsp tsuyu

30g (2tbsp) butter softened

dash of pepper (1/4tsp)

cut 3 sheets of nori (seaweed) in thin strips (i didn’t have so used scallions)

Preparation:

1. cook capellini to al dente (put in colander add ice & run cold water through hand) & set aside
2. mixed mentaiko & other sauce ingredients
3. heat sauce in pan, off fire & toss in the capellini
4. plate it & add seaweed (or scallions)

c.h.e.f andy