spaghetti with mentaiko sauce
- Serves: 2
- Calories: 711 kcal
- Total Time: 30 m
- Prep: 25 m
- Cook: 5 m
- Japanese: Mentai-supagetti

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ingredients:
- 3 1/2 ounces karashi-mentaiko
- (spicy Alaska pollack roe)
- 7 ounces spaghetti
- 1 1/3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon
- juice
- suitable amount dried laver
- 1/3 ounce butter
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1/5 cup milk
- 2 quarts water

step 1:
Because mentaiko is covered by a thin film, cut the mentaiko in half lengthwise and take out the contents. Place in a bowl.

step 2:
Melt the butter in a microwave oven. Add the melted butter, mayonnaise, milk, freshly squeezed lemon juice to the mentaiko in the bowl and mix.

step 3:
Pour the water into a pan. Bring to a boil and add the spaghetti.

step 4:
Cook the spaghetti until done. Remove from pan and drain in a colander. Add the spaghetti to the sauce in the bowl and mix.

Cut the nori into slivers with scissors. Top with the nori slivers.
comment:
Once you eat this dish, you will want to eat it again. It has been made since the 1980's troughout Japan.

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