Consommé Soy-Sauce Pasta

Step 1

Crush the garlic with the side of a knife and remove the green core. The core burns easily and turns bitter.

Step 2

Slice the sausages diagonally to expose more surface area.

Step 3

Add butter, the crushed garlic, and the diagonally sliced sausages to a frying pan. Heat over medium, lightly browning the butter while drawing out the aroma of garlic and sausage.

Step 4

Once the butter is lightly browned and the garlic and sausages take on a tan 'bodybuilder' color, drop to very low heat and continue infusing the butter with their aroma.

Step 5

Pour soy sauce against the pan edge to sear it briefly, then mix it through. This brings out a roasted soy aroma.

Step 6

Add water and consommé granules and bring the cooking liquid to a boil over medium heat.

Step 7

Once boiling, twist the pasta into the pan and press it down vertically. Simmer over low-medium heat, reducing until about 20% of the liquid remains.

Step 8

When ~20% of the liquid is left, add frozen spinach and mentsuyu and toss briefly. You're done once the mentsuyu and spinach coat the pasta evenly.

Step 9

Plate the pasta and pour the remaining sauce over the top. Optional finish with black pepper or grated cheese.