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Spaghetti with bottarga
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📋Spaghetti alla Bottarga di Muggine

Spaghetti alla Bottarga di Muggine, cured salted mullet roe, is the easiest and at the same time very sophisticated pasta dish. It is the perfect solution for a fancy last-minute dinner party. Pasta with Bottarga is ready in 15 minutes and all the ingredients have a long shelf-life, easy to keep a stock in the pantry.
Course Pasta
Cuisine Italian
Keyword bottarga pasta, pasta with bottarga, spaghetti with bottarga
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 5 people
Calories 429kcal
Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Peel the bottarga

  • Remove the sac membrane from the Bottarga with a sharp knife
    ½ Bottarga

Prepare the bredcrumbs

  • In a frying pan, stir fry 2 garlic cloves in extra virgin olive oil so the oil gets the flavor of the garlic
    2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, 2 clove peeled garlic cloves
  • Add the breadcrumbs
    2 tablespoon breadcrumbs
  • Stir while they toast and absorb the oil
  • Add 1 tablespoon of grated bottarga
  • Add the lemon zest
    1 lemon zest
  • Stir so the breadcrumbs absorb the flavors. Turn off the heat.

Boil the pasta

  • Bring to boil the salted water for the pasta
  • Once the water is boiling cook the spaghetti, 1 minute less than what is written in the box
    1 lb Spaghetti
  • Drain the spaghetti but keep the water
  • Mix them with the breadcrumbs

Finalizing the dish

  • Add 2 ladles of water from the pasta (it has to be the water of the pasta as the starch released by the pasta will make a creamy sauce)
  • Add some freshly grated bottarga
  • Stir well to combine
  • Place on a serving dish and top with some more freshly grated bottarga
  • Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil
    1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • Finishing with some lemon zest and serve

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Notes

  • you do not need to add salt to the sauce as the bottarga is already very salty
  • The ladles of water added to the sauce has to be from the cooking pasta as it is rich in starch and it will make the sauce creamier. Regular water will make it watery
  • Do not serve Parmesan

Nutrition

Calories: 429kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 38mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg