Sunday, June 14, 2009

Alfredo, you were my brother.

Here is a recipe from Little Big Head Giada DeLaurentis for a quick and dirty fettuccine alfredo.
Please be sure to use a lot of cheese.

Ingredients
18 ounces fresh fettuccine
2 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice from four lemons
12 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cups grated Parmesan
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
Pinch freshly grated nutmeg Salt and freshly ground white pepper

Directions

Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Drain.


Stir 2 cups of the cream and the lemon juice in a heavy large skillet to blend. Add the butter and cook over medium heat just until the butter melts, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.


Add the pasta and toss. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of cream, and Parmesan to the cream sauce in Toss the pasta mixture over low heat until the sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute. the skillet. Add the lemon zest, nutmeg, salt, and white pepper.


Toss the pasta mixture over low heat until the sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute.

5 comments:

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Mmmmmm. The only addition I might make to that wonderful recipe would be to toss in some chunks of fresh Dungeness crab right at the very end.

Nom nom nom.

Darcy said...

Nice avi, DBQ! LOL.

I add grilled fresh salmon to alfredo sauce, but crab or shrimp sounds good too.

And yes. I saved this recipe, so it's gonna be on a plate in my house soon.

Anonymous said...

I'll see if my son wants to try your recipe. He's turning into a pretty reliably decent cook (he's 14). Alfredo is his passion, when it comes to eating, and he's been fiddling around with preparing it. I wonder how this'll taste with goat or squirrel?

Trooper York said...

Actually Windbag, lemon is just about the best thing you can put on a strongly flavored meat like wild game. It's natural but brings a freshness that is welcome on the palate.

The lemon zest is the key.

knox said...

I've never been able to create a satisfying alfredo sauce. Perhaps it's the TWELVE TABLESPOONS of butter I was missing. Nutmeg is a necessity for sure. And lemon juice. I'll definitely try this one and adding salmon sounds yummy too.

I've seen recipes for alfredo that call for cream cheese and all sorts of other weird stuff. Giada would not be pleased.