Butter and Soy Sauce

That's right - butter and soy sauce.  A most unusual combination but not as unusual as you may think.  I first heard of the mixture while watching a Channel 4 documentary about fish in the Japanese diet.  I thought that the Japanese novelty rockband were joking when they suggested cooking tuna in butter and soy sauce.  Little did I know.

Smee suggested that I cook this dish as a quick, cheap and easy meal for one.  Yesiree, it was tasty!  

Don't be put off by the butter (fat), soy (salt) and pasta (carbs) - if you can't enjoy food, you can't enjoy life!  (And that makes YOU a loser!)

The recipe is based on this one but with a few tweaks.

Ingredients:
Shiitake mushrooms (I used 4)
Egg pasta (just a personal preference)
Butter (of course!)
Soy sauce (Japanese is better)
White pepper
Parsley (but I used coriander cos nowhere had parsley!!  Not to matter - coriander goes well with shiitake)

Method:
Soak the mushrooms until soft and slice. Chop up coriander and set both aside. 
Boil the pasta until al dente.  Drain and set aside.
Melt a sizeable amount of butter (2-3 tablespoons should do it for one person) in a hot frypan to create a sauce. Fry the mushrooms until fragrant.
Add two capfuls of soy sauce and allow the sauce to caramelise and thicken slightly.  Add more soy to taste.
Toss in the pasta and coriander and mix.  Add white pepper to taste.
Serve and enjoy!  Yippee!!!