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| Fettuccine Alfredo |
The one I am making is the lighter version of this dish, that way you can eat at your heart's content without feeling any guilt :) The recipe actually calls for heavy cream but I am using half & half (half milk-half cream). Now this particular dish is mild in flavor so I am serving it with spicy herb garlic bread to balance out the flavors. For those who are new to this cuisine, fettuccine is a kind of flat long pasta strips - wider than linguine (a kind of pasta). This recipe is very quick to make if you have all the ingredients ready.
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| Rich and creamy pasta with Parmesan shavings & dried parsley ! |
Ingredients :-
1 lb. fettuccine pasta
2 1/4 cups half & half
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
a pinch of nutmeg
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
salt to taste
half a lemon's zest
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 stick room temp. unsalted butter
dry parsley for garnish (optional)
Parmesan cheese shavings for garnish
Process :-
1. Fill a big pot with water and let it boil. Meanwhile see the cooking instructions for pasta - I normally cook fettuccine for about 12-13 mins. till they are al dente (firm when you bite into it). You don't want to overcook them else they will fall apart. Once the water starts bubbling add salt so as to season the pasta and cook them till they are al dente. Drain and give them a cold shower so they stop cooking. Keep aside.
2. In a heavy bottom pan on medium heat add 2 cups of half & half and butter. Stir for a couple of minutes till the butter starts to melt. Add Parmesan cheese, stir - once it starts melting turn off heat (you don't want the sauce to sit on the stove top for a long time)
3. Now add salt, black pepper and nutmeg, mix properly. Next add lemon juice and lemon zest (the fragrance is wonderful :)), mix again. Alfredo sauce is ready !
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| Fettuccine evenly coated with thick Alfredo sauce ! |
4. Lastly, add cooked pasta mix gently so as to coat all the pasta with the thick creamy sauce !
5. Garnish it with Parmesan shavings, sprinkle dried parsley so it looks pretty :) Serve hot with warm, spicy herb garlic bread. Buon Appetito !!!
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| Fettuccine Alfredo with Spicy Herb Garlic Bread ! |
HISTORY OF ALFREDO DI LELIO CREATOR IN 1908 OF “FETTUCCINE ALL’ALFREDO” (“FETTUCCINE ALFREDO”), NOW SERVED BY HIS NEPHEW INES DI LELIO, AT THE RESTAURANT “IL VERO ALFREDO” – “ALFREDO DI ROMA” IN ROME, PIAZZA AUGUSTO IMPERATORE 30
ReplyDeleteWith reference of your article (for which I thank you), I have the pleasure to tell you the history of my grandfather Alfredo Di Lelio, who is the creator of “Fettuccine all’Alfredo” (“Fettuccine Alfredo”) in 1908 in the “trattoria” run by his mother Angelina in Rome, Piazza Rosa (Piazza disappeared in 1910 following the construction of the Galleria Colonna / Sordi). This “trattoria” of Piazza Rosa has become the “birthplace of fettuccine all’Alfredo”.
More specifically, as is well known to many people who love the “fettuccine all’Alfredo", this famous dish in the world was invented by Alfredo Di Lelio concerned about the lack of appetite of his wife Ines, who was pregnant with my father Armando (born February 26, 1908).
Alfredo di Lelio opened his restaurant “Alfredo” in 1914 in Rome and in 1943, during the war, he sold the restaurant to others outside his family.
In 1950 Alfredo Di Lelio decided to reopen with his son Armando his restaurant in Piazza Augusto Imperatore n.30 "Il Vero Alfredo" (“Alfredo di Roma”), whose fame in the world has been strengthened by his nephew Alfredo and that now managed by me, with the famous “gold cutlery” (fork and spoon gold) donated in 1927 by two well-known American actors Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (in gratitude for the hospitality).
See also the website of “Il Vero Alfredo”.(with news also about franchising).
I must clarify that other restaurants "Alfredo" in Rome do not belong to the family tradition of "Il Vero Alfredo – Alfredo di Roma".
I inform you that the restaurant “Il Vero Alfredo –Alfredo di Roma” is in the registry of “Historic Shops of Excellence” of the City of Rome Capitale.
Best regards Ines Di Lelio
Thank you Ines for sharing this valuable information ! My husband absolutely loves this recipe and in particular the 'Alfredo sauce' ! Your grandfather with his beautiful creation brought smiles to a million faces (like my husband's :)) and satisfied their appetite ! Thanks to your grandfather for his lovely creation !!
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