Spaghetti with Bottarga
by Chef Stefano Barbato · 938K subscribers on YouTube
A quick and flavourful pasta dish with homemade bottarga (cured fish roe), sardines, garlic, butter, and parsley. The chef finishes the spaghetti in the pan with pasta water for a creamy texture, then adds bottarga off the heat to preserve its delicate flavour.
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
9 itemsMethod
- Wash and dry the bottarga, remove the outer skin and grate it finely.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil, add coarse salt, and cook the spaghetti.
- In a wok, heat a knob of butter with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and add the garlic clove.
- Add the sardine fillets and a pinch of chili pepper; cook until a creamy mixture forms.
- When the pasta is 2-3 minutes from al dente, transfer it to the wok along with a ladle of pasta cooking water.
- Finish cooking the pasta in the wok, adding more pasta water as needed, stirring until creamy.
- Turn off the heat, remove the garlic cloves, then add a small amount of grated bottarga and fresh parsley; mix gently.
- Plate the spaghetti, then top with more bottarga, parsley, a final sprinkle of bottarga, and a drizzle of high-quality extra virgin olive oil.
Chef Stefano Barbato
Professional chef938K subscribers on YouTube236.9M total channel views"Benvenuti nella mia cucina! Sono lo Chef Stefano Barbato e qui condivido con voi la mia passione per il buon cibo. Dalle tecniche professionali spiegate passo dopo passo alle ricette della tradizione italiana, il mio obiettivo è rendere la grande cucina accessibile a tutti. Che sia un primo cremoso o una delle mie 'bambine cattive' appena sfornate, ogni piatto è fatto con amore. Sarà buono o non sarà buono? Iscrivetevi per scoprirlo insieme a me! 👨🍳🇮🇹" Hola y bienvenidos a mi canal de video recetas en español los encuentra aquí https://www.youtube.com/user/ChefStefanoBarbatoEs Chef Stefano Barbato
