Springtime Pasta with Nanohana

• 200 grams Spaghetti (thin)
• 1 pack Broccolini
• 1 as much (to taste) Bacon (thickly cut)
• 20 grams Butter
• 1 Roasted or raw garlic
• 1 Mentsuyu
• 1 Black pepper
• 1 generous amount Salt (for the pasta)

1. Wash, cut up the nanohana, and parboil briefly in salted water.
2. This eliminates much of the bitterness and raw green flavor.
3. Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water following the package instructions.
4. Put the bacon in a frying pan and turn on the heat.
5. Stir fry briefly.
6. Add the garlic, nanohana and butter and continue stir frying.
7. Add the cooked pasta and mix together.
8. Drizzle in the mentsuyu, taste and adjust the seasoning with salt.
9. Transfer to serving plates, sprinkle with black pepper and serve.
10. Use the leftover nanohana in "Nanohana with Japanese Mustard Sauce".
11. "Nanohana and Bamboo Shoot Japanese-style Pasta"

pack, much, butter, garlic, mentsuyu, black pepper, generous amount salt

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/171196-springtime-pasta-with-nanohana (may not work)