Bottarga Rocca (Grey Mullet Roe 2.5 ~ 3.5 oz)

I am Taiwanese and bottarga (mullet roe) is a very common delicacy, especially during feasts and celebrations. Also used often as gifts for holidays. Foreign visitors, especially Japanese, go to fishing harbors and buy in bulk. So I am very familiar with this food, although never tried the Mediterranean variety.This product is identical to what I am accustomed. The curing and packing is perfect. Moisture level is perfect. The taste exquisite! Perhaps a little sweetness compared to the Taiwanese variety.The cost is no consideration given the quality of the product. I would definitely buy this product again and hesitate to try another supplier.By the way, in Taiwan we don’t mix bottarga in other foods. We love its pure, intense flavor. Roast/sear both sides just enough to get a little crust, leaving the center barely warmed. Slice thinly and take each bite optionally with a thin slice of raw garlic shoot or leek shoot. Goes well with beer, wine, or fine liquor.

I hated it. After all the hype I read about how wonderful bottarga is it was a big disappointment. Texture, flavor, aroma. All unpleasant. I cut it into tiny bits and left it out on a paper plate for the young possums who have taken to visiting my porch at night for the water in the fountain. The bottarga was gone in the morning and there were chew holes in the plate.😊

Good product. Price a bit too high

The whole roe was carefully cleaned and dried as you can see in the pic, which I deem as a sign of quality processing; no visible blood vessels. It grates extremely well especially with Microplane fine grater without sticking to the grater.Although it appears quite dry, once mixed into the pasta, it has almost creamy, gooey texture with robust flavor of ocean. The membrane is slightly bitter so I’d definitely recommend to remove it before grating.I like the fact that it’s dry enough to grate well, but moist enough to slice it thin to eat on baguette or crostini.I think the amount grated in the pic was for about a quarter of the whole item, and it made two generous servings of pasta. If you are too fond of strong ocean flavor, you can definitely stretch it for more servings.

What is going on with all Amazon sold bottarga? Some are arriving in white film over it??? I ordered two packagss: one looks good and the other looks obviously bad. What the hell?

Not going to lie, I felt a bit weird ordering fish eggs on Amazon. I have never had Bottarga before and wasn't even sure where to find it locally so I ordered it here. My worries were unfounded, however, because I absolutely loved it! I bought it to make Spaghetti alla Bottarga. It turned out great! Afterwards, I had 2/3 of the stuff left over and I just started slicing it thinly and snacking on it like salami. The taste reminds me of the korean dish "myeongnan jeut" (pollock roe) which I used to have layered over rice. It's probably why I like bottarga so much.I can't really comment on whether this product is better than another since this is my first and so far only experience with bottarga but I can tell you that it's delicious and awesome.Edit: since posting this I have tried some different brands that were a bit cheaper but they were not as good as this one!

DO NOT BUY THIS. This is completely RIP off. It is tiny and in dark dry color. I am from Taiwan and grow up with this. This product is nothing close. The worse part is the sale does not allow return at all. Now I know why they set such policy. This is probably the worse product I bought from Amazen ever!!

Pretty disappointed by this product. It looks not fresh, dry and had a dark brown color. I previously bought this from different buyers and product was fresh, soft and golden color.Will not buy here again ...