[ speaking foreign language ] >> tony is cooking his version of the sicilian classic, spaghetti alla bottarga. >> oh i see, it creates a little texture to it which helps the sauce stick to it which ends up giving everything a better flavor. what could be more italian than spaghetti, right? well, wrong. it's said that spaghetti was invented by the arabs who brought it to sicily a thousand years ago. but the arabs ate their spaghetti with raisins and cinnamon, very different to the savory dishes of today, like this one. [ speaking foreign language ] bottarga is a solid block of dried fish eggs, tuna in this case. tony is so proud of his signature dish he has named it