Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mentaiko spaghetti with delicious shiso leaves. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mentaiko Spaghetti with Delicious Shiso Leaves is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mentaiko Spaghetti with Delicious Shiso Leaves is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mentaiko spaghetti with delicious shiso leaves using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mentaiko Spaghetti with Delicious Shiso Leaves:
- Take 200 grams Pasta (dried)
- Take 70 grams Mentaiko (salt-cured spicy pollack or cod roe)
- Make ready 10 leaves Shiso leaves
- Take 16 grams Butter
- Make ready 2 tbsp Heavy cream
- Make ready 1/3 tsp Dashi stock granules
- Prepare 2 tsp Garlic soy sauce (or regular soy sauce)
- Prepare 1 dash White pepper
Steps to make Mentaiko Spaghetti with Delicious Shiso Leaves:
- Cook the pasta in salted boiling water (1 tablespoon to 2 liters of water) following package instructions.
- Cut the shiso leaves in half lengthwise and finely shred. Take the membrane off the mentaiko by scraping it with the back of a knife.
- Put all the ingredients except for the shiso leaves in a bowl. (The photo shows 1 serving.)
- When the pasta is cooked, drain well in a sieve and move to a bowl. Add half of the julienned shiso leaves as well. Mix and taste. If it seems too dry, add a little of the pasta cooking water.
- Transfer to serving plates, top with the remaining shiso and enjoy!
- This is a version made with 3 tablespoons of salt-cured squid (ika no shiokara). This is great too!
- I added some mixed seaweed to this festive version.
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