Alfredo Sauce, Pam Gardener’s Special
From elgourmand 8 years ago
- 30 min to make
- Serves 4 - 6
There is alfredo sauce and then there is ALFREDO SAUCE. Got this recipe from a sweet young lady down in Biloxi, Mississippi, a very long time ago. I have to tell you, the chances of finding this kind of Alfredo Sauce in Biloxi back in 1964 were remote to the max. Read more Pam was a really super cook. She went to some cooking school in New Orleans, down the road about 85 miles (137Kl). If the US Air Force says you are going to spend the next 11 months & 2 weeks in Biloxi, the least you can do is get a decent feed, now and then. Having come to this conclusion, I met Pam. I do love serendipity. Air Force chow wasn’t too bad but there is a reason they call it chow. I was going through my Air Force file when I got back from Tokelau and ran across a few recipes from Pam. Yep, a strange place to stash recipes, and the reason they’ve stayed hidden so long. I’ve been making a sorta basic alfredo sauce but I now remember this one, 51 years later, and this is my Alfredo Sauce from here on out. Hope you like it. Thanks Pam. See less
Ingredients
- • 3 tablespoons sweet butter shopping list
- • 2 tablespoons olive oil. shopping list
- • 2 or 3 strips of bacon, diced. Optional. shopping list
- • 2 garlic cloves, minced shopping list
- • 1 cup heavy cream shopping list
- • 1 cup milk. shopping list
- • Salt & FG pepper to taste shopping list
- • 1⁄2 cup grated Parmesan cheese shopping list
- • ¾ cup mozzarella cheese. Can sub another kind, if you like but mozzarella works really well. shopping list
- • 1 ea. 12 oz. (340g) pkt. Pasta (if using). I like angle hair for this but whatever you like. shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Melt butter in medium saucepan with olive oil over medium/low heat.
- 2. Add the bacon (if using) & cook until done, but not crisp. See Photo
- 3. Add the garlic, cream, pepper and bring mixture to a simmer, stirring often.
- 4. Add the Parmesan cheese and simmer sauce for 8-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened and is smooth.
- 5. When sauce has thickened add the Mozzarella cheese and stir until smooth. STIR FREQUENTLY.
- 6. Here you decide if sauce is too thick. If it is, likely, add milk, beer, etc. to get it the way you want it. If you add stuff, stir and simmer for 5 minutes. See Photo
- 7. While the sauce cooks, boil pasta according to pkg. directions (if using).
- 8. Drain & rinse, then place pasta on serving plates and spoon sauce over it.
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