Best Cooking Oils: Alfredo Pasta Recipe

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Alfredo Pasta Recipe

The Alfredo in fettuccine Alfredo is Alfredo di Lelio who operated a restaurant in Rome. Legend has it that he fancied up a basic pasta with butter-and-cheese dish, to appeal to his wife, who was suffering from morning sickness. When he later served it at his restaurant, it was a hit.Americans can thank Hollywood for our love of Alfredo sauce. In the late 1920s, movie stars Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford ate at di Lelio's restaurant while on honeymoon in Rome, and brought the dish back to the States. It's been here ever since. Somewhere along the way, it morphed into a creamy version; how that happened is anyone's guess.
We present both versions here, the classic and the creamy. Regardless of which version you make, serve this pasta immediately. The sauces are weak emulsions, which will break if held too long.