Fettucine Alfredo

Such an easy recipe and so delicious - only 4 ingredients!!!

Ingredients:

50gm butter

1 cup double cream

2/3 cup grated parmesan (I usually use a whole cup but I like cheese - also original recipe calls for fresh parmesan but I sometimes used the pre grated stuff in bags from the supermarket and it is just as good, 50gms is a nice amount from those bags)

350gm fettucine

Method:

Melt the butter, add the cream and bring to the boil.

Simmer for about five minutes whilst stirring continuously.

Add the grated parmesan cheese and some salt and pepper (if you want).

Turn off the heat.

Cook your pasta and drain it well.

Turn the heat back on under your cream to low and add the pasta, mixing carefully until it is all coated.

(I usually put the pasta in a bowl and pour the sauce all over then mix).

Serve straight away with extra cheese for people to add.

Additional hints:

I have cooked chicken to go in this (just chop and stirfry then add in when mixing in the sauce to the pasta) with mushrooms and also bacon with mushrooms. Add the mushrooms if you use them at the very end as they will taint the cream colour and make it brown / black.

This is also delicious with Salmon.

It can be quite heavy as a main (pasta with cream sauces can sit for a while in the belly) but it always seems lighter with a bit of green salad on the side.