Consommé Soy-Sauce Pasta

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

Slice the sausages diagonally to expose more surface area.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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