Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

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A creamy and comforting cheese sauce, with a hint of pepper and nutmeg, coats fettuccine noodles in fine fashion. "This is wonderful as is, but sometimes I like to add sliced fresh mushrooms and black olives that have been sauteed in butter and garlic," notes Jo Gray from Park City, Montana.

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Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

10 10 20

Ingredients

4 ounces uncooked fettuccine
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
1/8 teaspoon salt
Dash each pepper and ground nutmeg

Directions

Cook fettuccine according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Stir in the cream, 1/4 cup cheese, Romano cheese, egg yolk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until a thermometer reads 160° (do not boil). Drain fettuccine; top with Alfredo sauce and remaining Parmesan cheese. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 cup equals 915 calories, 74 g fat (45 g saturated fat), 342 mg cholesterol, 878 mg sodium, 44 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 24 g protein.

Originally published as Fettuccine Alfredo in Taste of Home August/September 2003, p14