Bottarga Recipes

Discover simple Mediterranean recipes that celebrate the unique flavour of grey mullet bottarga. From classic pasta dishes and rustic breakfasts to elegant appetisers, these recipes are designed to highlight bottarga rather than overpower it. Whether you are trying bottarga for the first time or looking for new serving ideas, this collection offers timeless inspiration from across the Mediterranean.

A deep white bowl of spaghetti tossed with greens and herbs, photographed on a dark restaurant table

Spaghetti with Bottarga, Lemon and Olive Oil

A twenty-minute plate of spaghetti finished off the heat with grated bottarga, lemon and good olive oil.

17 minutes · Casa Bottarga Umami

Scrambled eggs on a pale plate finished with grated amber bottarga and chives

Scrambled Eggs with Grated Bottarga

Slow scrambled eggs finished with grated bottarga and chives: the easiest way to taste what it does.

10 minutes · Casa Bottarga Umami

A hand spreading butter with a knife onto a slice of toasted bread over a wooden board of sliced bread

Bottarga Toast with Butter and Lemon

Toasted bread, cold butter and paper-thin bottarga slices with lemon: five minutes, three ingredients.

8 minutes · Casa Bottarga Piccolo

Halved warm new potatoes in a ceramic bowl with olive oil, chopped parsley and grated amber bottarga, a grater and lemon alongside

Warm Potatoes with Bottarga and Parsley

Warm new potatoes dressed with olive oil, lemon and parsley, finished with grated bottarga off the heat.

25 minutes · Casa Bottarga Umami

Thick slices of mixed red, yellow and green tomatoes on a ceramic plate with basil, olive oil and grated amber bottarga

Tomato Salad with Bottarga

Ripe summer tomatoes, olive oil and basil, finished with grated bottarga instead of salt: a five-minute plate.

10 minutes · Casa Bottarga Umami

A piped curl of pale herb butter on a dark slate board beside toasted bread and thin slices of cured meat

Bottarga Butter

A compound butter of grated bottarga, lemon zest and parsley, made in five minutes and useful for a fortnight.

10 minutes plus 1 hour chilling · Casa Bottarga Umami