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American Alfredo Sauce

American Alfredo Sauce — a sauce recipe, 6 ingredients.

Sauce

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 1¾ cups (400 ml) heavy cream
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 8.5 ounces (240 g) grated Parmesan cheese or asiago cheese
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Fresh-ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch of fresh-ground nutmeg
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 1¾ cups (400 ml) heavy cream → lactose-free heavy cream or full-fat coconut cream
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 8.5 ounces (240 g) grated Parmesan cheese or asiago cheese → lactose-free or aged hard cheese (naturally lower lactose)

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Combine 1¼ cups (1¼ cups) cream and the butter in a saucepan large enough to accommodate the sauce and later the pound of pasta.
  2. Heat over a low flame, stirring frequently, until the butter is melted and the cream comes to a bare simmer.
  3. Remove the pan from the heat once the butter is evenly incorporated into the cream.
  4. Cook the pasta, draining it a little before it reaches the al dente stage. The pasta should be slightly undercooked before being added to the sauce because it will continue to cook while the sauce is being finished.
  5. Drain the pasta.
  6. Add the drained pasta, ½ cup (⅜ cup) of cream, the cheese, the salt, the nutmeg, and several grinds of the pepper mill to the pan
  7. Heat the pasta and sauce over a low flame, tossing continuously, until the cheese melts into the sauce and the sauce thickens slightly, about 1–2 minutes. You can add chopped parsley as a garnish mixed into the sauce.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0