Description
This authentic alfredo sauce recipe is made with four simple ingredients (fettuccine pasta, parmigiano cheese, butter, and freshly cracked pepper). It only takes 20 minutes to prepare! This is the original Italian recipe for fettuccine alfredo.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup grass fed butter (at room temperature; divided)
- 1 pound fettuccine pasta
- 1½ cups Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (finely grated)
- freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Step: Divide the butter into six equal pieces, then place half of the butter on a large serving platter.
- Step: In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the fettuccine until al dente according to package directions. Save 1 cup of the starchy pasta water before straining.
- Step: Add half the pasta water (½ cup) to the serving platter with the butter. Stir the butter with the hot pasta water to melt the butter.
- Step: Add the hot pasta to the serving platter. Using kitchen tongs, mix until butter sauce coats all the strands of pasta.
- Step: Add the rest of the butter and pasta water. Mix the pasta with the kitchen tongs until a smooth, creamy sauce forms. Keep moving the pasta until all the butter melts. Add the freshly grated parmigiano cheese and keep mixing until it’s fully melted and well combined.
- Step: Serve immediately. Top individual portions with extra parmigiano cheese and freshly grated black pepper if desired.
Notes
Salt the water to flavor the pasta from the inside out as it cooks; only cook until al dente. Grate your cheese preferably with a microplane for the creamiest result and quickest melting. Serve immediately while the sauce is still smooth and creamy. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days and reheat on the stovetop with a splash of water.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 524 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 538 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 55 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 121 mg
Keywords: authentic alfredo, fettuccine alfredo, pasta al burro e parmigiano, italian pasta, vegetarian pasta