Bottarga

At Maratti, bottarga, which is made from the dried roe of mullet or tuna, is not only shredded onto pasta, it is also spread on crostini to go with a spicy tartare of tuna and salmon and marinated cucumber. ❋ Unknown (2000)

For millennia in the Mediterranean, whole mullet and tuna ovaries have been dry-salted, pressed, and dried to make what’s now best known as bottarga there are almost identical Asian versions. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

Then, for a smoky, briny note he sprinkles Cassina Rosso's bottarga salt $20, theshopagora.com on a fish tartare, into a breadcrumb crust for seafood or atop a Bloody Mary. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sample the local delicacy at one of the town's many restaurants or bring back a jar of tonno preserved in olive oil or bottarga, a dried roe that adds flavor to pasta dishes. ❋ Monique Stringfellow (2011)

Try the fried eggs with bottarga and anchovy sauce. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Squid ($15-26), with squid ink tonarelli, calamari, bottarga (tuna roe). ❋ Jay Weston (2011)

On Long Island, Ms. Lo shaves bottarga di muggine over the finished dish. ❋ Kitty Greenwald (2011)

In between there was an appetiser with a Sicilian delicacy, bottarga. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That carte thing, by the way, is a most delicate sandwich of thinly shaved bottarga, softened butter and a sneaky hint of chili on crispy crackers as thin as a sheet of music ergo the name. ❋ Charlotte Druckman (2010)

That slow acceptance may explain his more daring approach to risotto, which he has been known to make with octopus eggs, bottarga, zucchini flowers and -- his special triumph -- uni ❋ Unknown (2009)

The pepper recipes include a particularly tempting creation with pine nuts and bottarga dried fish roe in lemon juice and oil. ❋ John Dickie (2008)

Veterans will know that either ingredient will make almost anything terrific those of you who have followed this trip may remember that I really liked the beans with bottarga in Paris just over a week ago. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The two best dishes we had were pasta with bottarga and pasta with cavolo nero. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For pasta with bottarga: make pasta; grate bottarga on top; toss with lots of good oil. ❋ Unknown (2008)