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Fettucini Alfredo

Fettucine Alfredo
Decadent deliciousness

This recipe for Alfredo sauce, and the Vodka sauce recipe that will follow shortly, is partially in honor of Z’s Hawaiian uncle.  We were Skyping with the family and Z’s uncle, half joking, said that he wishes we would post recipes with five ingredients or fewer, and that the ingredients would be basic and easy to find.  The following recipe has a few more than five ingredients, but they are basic, in every local store, and it can be concocted on a whim, on a random, busy week night (as long as you don’t make homemade fettucini, like we did).

 

Fettucini Alfredo

4 tbsp butter

1 c heavy cream

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 c parm

1 small shallot

2 cloves garlic

pinch of nutmeg

 

Boil the fettucini in water with salt and olive oil.  We made our own.  Check it out:

homemade-fettucini-hanging

Start the other prep by chopping the shallot and the garlic.

Then melt the butter in a sauce pan over low heat.  Add in the garlic and shallot once the butter is melted.  Once the shallot and garlic are softened, pour in the milk and toss in the parm.  Turn the heat up to medium high.  Add the salt, a pinch of nutmeg, and grind in some black pepper to taste.  Allow it to cook down until it thickens.  Pour over pasta, homemade or not, and enjoy.

We don’t recommend this for the health conscious, but we do recommend it if you are looking for something simple, comforting and indulgent.

11 comments from the first time around

  1. Adrianne

    Oh my GOOD GOD!!!! I wish I was you right now. Those noodles look AMAZING!!! I LOVE FETTUCINI ALFREDO!!! It’s my favorite. 2nd to doughnuts. Which is why I look like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man’s twin sister.

    1. Amanda and Zach

      I bet FA + Doughnuts would be really really good.

  2. Val

    Those noodles look like so much work!!!!! How about recipes for lazy people like me? 😀
    PS Your uncle was born in Hawaii but is not Hawaiian … 😉

    1. Adrianne

      HA HA HA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!

    2. Amanda and Zach

      You can just use regular noodles and make the sauce — that’s what we meant when we said this could be really easy! “Zach’s hawaii-born uncle…” 🙂 How’s that?

      1. Val

        i don’t think noodles from a box taste as good as yours, though … i want my “noodles and eat it, too”! And Z’s Hawaii-born uncle is PERFECT! (in all senses of this sentence :D)

      2. Gehrig

        Your Hawaii born Uncle must be a wonderful person, especially if Val thinks so….. In any case I will definitely try this simple recipe out. By the way, Z is technically “Hawaii” born also.

      3. Amanda and Zach

        He IS!

      4. Val

        Both of you Hawaii-born guys are wonderful. I know this because i’ve known you both all my life! 😀

  3. Keshet

    Oh, so THIS is what you’re serving us when we come over for dinner. Good to know!

    1. Amanda and Zach

      We will make homemade fettucini for you guys, too!

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