Poutargue or Boutargue (FR) or Bottarga is the salted and dried roe sack of the grey mullet. The fish can live in fresh, brackish and even salt-water environments and is common in Europe and worldwide. Their diadromous life cycle is the reverse of Salmon; mullet live and grow in fresher water and swim out to sea to reproduce. . . The dried egg sack has been known for at least 5 centuries, and is featured in dishes from all the Mediterranean countries. Loaded with salty, fishy, umami characterist