Fettuccine Alfredo
- Ready In:
- 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 6 ounces prosciutto, diced fine
- 1 garlic clove, minced very fine
- 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 lb fettuccine pasta
- minced fresh parsley
directions
- Cook fettuccine in plenty of boiling, salted water until almost al dente. Remove 1 cup of the water the fettucine has cooked in and drain the rest away.
- Meanwhile saute prosciutto and garlic in butter.
- Add cheese and stir to melt.
- Slowly whisk in cream and egg yolks.
- Continue stirring until thickened.
- Toss sauce with fettucine; add lots of freshly grated pepper to taste and steep pasta in sauce, covered, for 2-3 minutes before serving. Check to see how 'creamy' the pasta is, if it needs to be 'saucier' add some of the retained water from cooking the pasta until the sauce reaches the consistency you like.
- Give the fettucine a toss again and taste to see if it needs a bit more parmesan.
- Serve either on individual plates or one large serving platter.
- Either way, sprinkle generously with fresh parsley.
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I made extra sauce as reviewer RitaL suggested and think that yes, it was needed... it coated the pasta really well & went down a treat... excellent pasta dish. I am saving 5 stars for "really really extra special" recipies, so have this one a well deserved highest 4... means we enjoyed this very much, it will go into the family cookbook and i'll make it often :) Great recipe, Thanks !!!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.