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Original Alfredo Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Finely chop your garlic
  • Grade your Pecorino Romano, and set aside.
  • Start your water for your pasta, and once to a boil place it in!
  • turn stove to low heat
  • melt butter with garlic, and slowly add cheese while sturring (tip: if cheese starts to clump turn to a lower heat)
  • strain pasta and add sauce
  • add parsley to taste and color

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    " It was excellent "
    hunnee ate it and said...
    oldy but a goody :D
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  • sas 15 years ago
    Fettucini Alfredo....A dish of fettuccini egg noodles mixed with butter, Parmesean cheese, and cream. The dish has been a staple of Italian-American restaurants since the mid-1960s. It was created in 1914 by Alfred Di Lelio, who opened a restaurant in Rome, Italy, under his first name on the Via della Scrofa in 1910. The dish supposedly helped restore the appetite of his wife after she gave birth to their son. The original dish was made with a very rich triple butter Di Lelio made himself, three kinds of four, and only the heart of the best parmigiano. Fettuccini all'Alfredo became famous after Hollywood movie actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford ate the dish at Alfredo's restaurant while on their honeymoon in 1927...After World War II Di Lelio moved to the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, and in the 1950s his restaurant became a mecca for visiting Americans, most of whom came to sample fettuccini Alfredo...Because most cooks could not reproduce the richness of the original butter, today the dish almost always contains heavy cream.
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  • ib4doc 16 years ago
    Whoops, I meant to leave the link for the restaurant.
    http://www.alfredos.com/roma.html
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  • ib4doc 16 years ago
    Ok, where did this famous dish originate? One says it was named for Alfedo di Lelio and another claims it originated at the restaurant Alfredo ala Scrofa. Guess what, both are right. Alfredo di Lelio was the owner of the restaurant that bears his name located at 104 via della Scrofa!

    And for the record, the original dish has only butter and parmigiano reggiano (1/2 pound of each) mixed with fresh fettuccine (or tagliatelle if you are in Bologna).
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  • krumkake 16 years ago
    We ate at Alfredo's in Rome and were told THAT is were fettucine alfredo was born...they prepare it tableside and it is out-of-this-world delicious! Another restaurant in Rome, Alfredo alla Scrofa, also claims to be the originator. And now I have your bit of history, claiming Mr di Lelio created the dish for his wife. The dish is obviously so wonderful that LOTS of people want to take credit for its creation!! I could eat it every day, if it weren't so bad for my arteries - your recipe sounds heavenly, as does dond's. I will have to go dig out my brother's recipe from his years in culinary school and post it in your Alfredo group - great idea, by the way!
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  • jenniferbyrdez 16 years ago
    I also use the heavy cream, good for the diet and so wonderfully decadent.
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  • dond 16 years ago
    When I make Fettuccini Alfredo, I sauté the garlic, then add some heavy cream (a cup and a half if I’m making a lot of pasta), a few teaspoons of unsalted butter, a little salt, and a pinch of nutmeg. I let this simmer until it thickens. Then I add pasta that is not quite fully cooked, along with my grated cheese and parsley. I simmer all of this some more, until it really thickens, adding a little of the pasta cooking water – but only if I think the sauce is too thick.

    I like to use homemade fettuccini, so I don’t have to cook it for more than a minute before draining it and adding it to the cream and cheese sauce. That't the beauty of making your own pasta; there's hardly any cooking time involved.
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    " It was excellent "
    kukla ate it and said...
    Pecorino Romano IS stronger, perhaps saltier tasting than regualr (cow's milk) Romano cheese....BUT, Pecorino means "Ewe"; it is Romano cheese made from sheep's milk and is strictly regulated when the words "Pecorino Romano" appear on the label.
    Scoobydrew, this IS the kind of Alfredo that we all love! Thanks for the post, and the extra info!! :)
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  • nemo 16 years ago
    At least somebody knows the story! :) Most people are surprised to find out that Italians don't know about this dish. So I came up with an idea:

    ALFREDO'S FANS - I set up a new group today for Alfredo recipes since its so popular in the USA and has a curious story behind it, please add your favorite Alfredo recipes on there! :)
    http://www.grouprecipes.com/group/396
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  • scoobydrew 16 years ago
    Here is the story I learned as a child about the recipie. It is not an Italian Dish, so much as it is from Mr. Alfredo.

    Jan. 11 - In 1914, a man named Alfredo di Lelio who lived in Rome was trying to tempt the palate of his very pregnant wife. So he created a recipe called “Fettuccine Alfredo.” When he brought this delectible dish to the states.
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  • nemo 16 years ago
    Hi there! Thanks for this recipe, I've been very curious about the Alfredo since Ive never seen it here in Italy!

    I did a search on google about it and found this:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_%28sauce%29

    Id like to try this Alfredo! :) Sounds good!
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  • scoobydrew 16 years ago
    it is a saltier ramano cheese... if you have an italian deli around you, this is the best place to find it!
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  • liezel 16 years ago
    What is "pecorino romano"? Sorry, blonde this side.Like to learn from all the xperts.
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