Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Ultimate Alfredo......

Who wants Ragu? Not me! I prefer homemade sauces... and I have the easiest homemade alfredo sauce ever!! It's great to make for yourself or for company!! I've cooked this dish for many years for a lot of people.. and I hope people get to enjoy this dish as I have for a longggg time!!!

Ingredients: (The sauce batch is good for one pound of pasta which serves about 4-5 people... so if you have more pasta and people, just double the ingredients)
1 stick of butter
8 oz heaving whipping cream
2 tbl minced garlic
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 tbl parsley flakes
1 lb of LINGUINE noodles (i prefer these over fettucini noodles because they aren't as thick and don't soak up the sauce as quickly)
1 tbl olive oil

(if you wish to add chicken to this... you can. Take 2-3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, lightly coated in ranch dressing and cook for 30 minutes at 350 degrees, then cube up and mix in with pasta or slice it and place on top of pasta once on plate)


Prep:
~ Melt butter in sauce pan, keep on LOW heat so sauce doesn't burn
~ Add minced garlic and stir constantly
~ Boil water in a separate pot for pasta, adding olive oil to make sure pasta doesn't stick
~ Then slowly add the parmesan cheese while stirring constantly
~ Add whippping cream and parsley, stir constantly
~ When water is boiling add noodles and cook till done
~ In mixing bowl or in pot mix in all sauce with noodles
~ Serve with garlic bread or a dinner salad (shown below... romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, shredded mixed cheese, and sliced fresh cucumbers)
~ If you decide to cook the chicken, put that in the oven first, then the noodles and sauce should finish just as the chicken does...






1 comment:

  1. I love alfredo! I'll be cooking this in the near future for sure. Thanks for the easy recipe!!!!

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