Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The roe of mullet or tuna that is salted, dried, pressed, and usually served sliced or grated as a garnish.
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- noun A
Mediterranean dish ofcured fishroe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
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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.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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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.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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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.
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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: Sicily's Wild Western Coast Monique Stringfellow 2011
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Try the fried eggs with bottarga and anchovy sauce.
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Squid ($15-26), with squid ink tonarelli, calamari, bottarga (tuna roe).
Jay Weston: Ray Stark's Exciting Restaurant Opens at LACMA Jay Weston 2011
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On Long Island, Ms. Lo shaves bottarga di muggine over the finished dish.
Braised Escarole With Seared Bay Scallops Kitty Greenwald 2011
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Try the fried eggs with bottarga and anchovy sauce.
The Comfort of Strangers Leah Chernikoff 2010
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In between there was an appetiser with a Sicilian delicacy, bottarga.
knitandpurl commented on the word bottarga
"Have some bottarga, it's good for you, makes you strong."
Talismano by Abdelwaheb Meddeb, translated by Jane Kuntz, p 92 of the Dalkey Archive Press paperback
September 25, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bottarga
See also botargo.
September 25, 2011