What is mentaiko?
Mentaiko is a Japanese meal made of Pollock ROE or eggs pickled in various ingredients that make it spicy. It can be eaten ordinary, often served as an accompaniment when drinking, which is Japanese rice wine. It can also be combined with other ingredients in various meals popular in Japan, such as pasta sauce and onigiri, where it is packed in rice. Due to the ingredients used for its spices, it is preserved. Mentaiko is freely available in Japan - Fukuoka is a city where it comes - and most supermarkets specialize in Japanese cuisine, around the world. ROE, which are fully formed fish eggs, are removed from the fish and then ready. Recipes may vary from chef and Korean versions differ from the Japanese and are called Myeongran Jeot . The color and taste of Mentaiko depends on what is added to ROE.
An example of the use of tasty ingredients are chili, sake,Yuzu Citrus and Konba, in which Pollock ROE leaves marinating for several hours, during which it absorbs the tastes and color of the ingredients. Yuzu citrus is citrus fruit originally from Japan, which is the size of tangerine and is very sour. It is often difficult to find in the rest of the world, although it may sometimes have some special grocery stores. Konbu is a type of edible algae or seaweed, which is very salty and is high in many minerals.
After several hours of marinating mentaiko takes over orange to red color and then either removed from the natural membrane and placed in glasses or left in the membrane and as such packed. When it is served simple, when drinking, mentaiko is removed from a membrane or vessel and servo. Onigiri is another popular dish in Japanese cuisine and consists of a sphere of rice, often wrapped around the filling, such as mentaiko and sometimes placed in seaweed, making it easier to transport and eating.
Another popular food that is made using mentaiko is mentaiko noodles notBo pasta. Recipes are very different and range from adding mentaiko, as it is, to pasta, to more complicated dishes. They may include combinations of cream, mayonnaise, butter and sake.