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Rich, creamy and delicious Uni Pasta (Sea Urchin Pasta) made with fresh sea urchins. The uni lend a remarkable taste to this pasta.
Uni Pasta Recipe
This sea urchin pasta recipe was adapted from Eat A Duck I Must.
This is a restaurant quality recipe that is 100% homemade and made from scratch, at a fraction of cost compared to restaurants. Another similar dish is Meitako Pasta.
This is a perfect dinner date recipe if you want to impress your guests or your significant other.
The recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes.
What Is Uni Pasta
The pasta has a rich and creamy taste, with the sauce loaded with the briny flavors of fresh sea urchins.
With this easy recipe, now you can make it at home!
Uni Pasta Ingredients
If I am not mistaken, uni pasta is made famous by celeb chef extraordinaire Eric Ripert.
I remember watching a TV program where Eric made his famous signature dish with the following ingredients:
- Fresh sea urchin or Japanese uni
- Heavy whipping cream
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 1130 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Uni Pasta
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Uni Pasta
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and smashed
- 4 oz. fresh uni (sea urchins)
- 4 oz. spaghetti
- 2 egg yolks
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Shrimp or caviar, for topping
- Herb, for garnishing
Instructions
- Warm the cream and garlic in a saucepan over low heat. Simmer for 10 minutes or until the cream has thickened.
- Remove the cream from heat and reserve a little for the egg yolk. Add 3/4 of the uni to the sauce. Using an immersion blender, blend until smooth and strain through a sieve; keep warm.
- Start a pot of salted boiling water for the spaghetti and cook until al dente. Strain the pasta and add it to a hot pan, then add the uni sauce and cook for a couple more seconds. Beat the egg yolks with the reserved cream. Remove the hot pan from the stove and slowly pour in the egg mixture while stirring to prevent it from turning into scrambled eggs.
- Add a handful of grated Parmesan cheese and stir. Season the pasta to taste with salt and pepper. Plate the pasta and garnish with shrimp or caviar, and top with herbs such as chives or parsley.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi, for 1 pound of spaghetti, do I have to multiply all ingredients by 4? Would it be too much cream and egg yolks? Thanks.
You can’t multiply in this recipe.
Can I cut the cream with some milk? Seems like alot of cream. I’m too fat.
Sure you can.
This, no doubt is a nice recipe. However, the “problem” is WHERE TO GET FRESH UNI? That is not something you buy in the supermarket or even Whole Foods, for that matter. And who happens to have a Japanese market in his/her neighborhood? Therefore, most people cannot prepare this dish. Unfortunately.
You can buy uni online and they will send to you packed with ice.
I know I’m a bit late on this message thread but I just asked my local Whole Foods to order Uni for me. It only took a few days for it to arrive at the store. I’m a happy customer.
Uni is nowhere to be seen within 50 miles of my place. Is there anything I can substitute?
You can use mentaiko, salted cod roes sold in Japanese stores.
question…your recipe says..3/4 of the uni…what about the rest? when do you add it?
Add to the top as toppings.
Hi, can I replace shrimps with crab meat or scallops?
Yes you can!
Thanks!! Can I also season crab meat with salt & pepper?
Yes, you can.
I think of Uni Pasta as Japanese, not Wester. It might have been made famous by Eric Ripert. But I first ate it 30 years ago in a Japanese joint that specializes Uni Pasta in LA’s Little Tokyo. Even the name suggests a Japanese origin.
That’s interesting. I have always thought uni pasta is a new thing invented by Eric Ripert. Thanks for sharing your insight.
Google “riccio di mare”. Sea urchin (uni) is featured in Mediterranean cuisine. I have eaten pasta in sea urchin sauce in Italian restaurants in Italy and here in the US.
I think pasta with sea urchin is Italian, served in coastal areas of Italy such as Puglia and Sicily, also in the Amalfi coast. Goes by a different name, ricci de mare. Japanese might have adapted it but pasta is definitely Italian.
hello Rasa Malaysia! thank you for sharing this recipe! I am about to try it and based on the most recent comment, I just want to clarify… that indeed I need 2 cups of heavy cream for 6 pieces of uni?
thank you for your help,
Angela
Yes two cups.
Hi, Bee.
How big is your package of uni? How much of spaghetti do we need?
4 oz of spaghetti and uni it’s a small package. it has about like 6 pieces of the uni.