
Michael Tusk's spaghetti cooked in beet juice
Spaghetti cooked in beet juice with vodka, yuzu, and osetra caviar
Beet juice: 1.6 quarts/1.5l fresh
Mancini spaghetti: 6.3 oz/180g
Tsar Nicoulai Osetra Caviar : 2.1 oz/60g
Yuzu juice: 1 oz/30g fresh
St. George Spirits Vodka : 1 oz/30g
Sturgeon cream : 2.1 oz/60g
Chive oil: 0.5 oz/15g
Taggiasca olive oil : 1.8 oz/50g
Leeks: 2.6 oz/75g, thinly sliced, white only
Shallots: 2.6 oz/75g, sliced
Vodka: 1.8 oz/50g
Heavy cream: 2.6 oz/75g
Smoked sturgeon: 2.6 oz/75g
Crème fraîche: 1.8 oz/50g
Konbu stock: 1.8 oz/50g konbu stock
Warm a 2.1 quart/2l sautoir and add the oil.
Add the leeks, shallots, and a pinch of salt and cook without any color until tender.
Deglaze with the vodka and cook until sec.
Add the heavy cream and cook for 5 minutes slowly.
Season to taste with a pinch more salt and remove from the heat.
Put the cream mixture in a Vitamix or blender and add the smoked sturgeon.
Blend until smooth and add to a mixing bowl.
Add the crème fraiche and finish by whisking in the konbu stock until warm.
Bring a 4.2 quart/4l pot to a boil with 2.6 quarts/2.5l of water and bring to a simmer.
Add 0.5 quart/l of fresh beet juice and simmer but do not season with salt.
Season the beet juice water for cooking the pasta with salt to taste.

Reduce a quart/l of beet juice by half and reserve.
Place the reduced beet juice in a 3.2 quart/3l Windsor pan.

Bring the water to a boil and add the spaghetti.
Gently warm 4 bowls or plates.
Stir the pasta once it is in the beet water and cook for 6 minutes only.

Add the al dente pasta to the Windsor pan holding the reduced beet juice.
Cook for another 3 minutes to glaze the pasta in the beet juice.

At the 10-minute mark add the yuzu juice and vodka and cook for another minute until you see steam coming up from your pan.
Taste for seasoning, it might require a pinch of salt.

Divide the pasta between 4 plates using a ladle.
Divide the sturgeon cream between the 4 plates.

Drizzle some chive oil around the plates.
Place a large dollop of caviar on top of each pasta and serve immediately.
