Faux Fettuccine Alfredo Recipes

CAULIFLOWER FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add cauliflower to steamer, cover, and steam until tender, about 20 minutes. Cool cauliflower until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir shallot until translucent, about 10 minutes. Pour chicken stock over shallot; cook until heated through, about 3 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and cool, about 15 minutes.
• Stir cauliflower into shallot mixture; blend using a hand blender until sauce is smooth and silky. Season sauce with salt and pepper.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in the fettuccine, bring water back to a boil, and cook pasta over medium heat until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain.
• Toss pasta with sauce in a bowl until evenly coated. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over pasta.

TO DIE FOR FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add fettuccini and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• In a large saucepan, melt butter into cream over low heat. Add salt, pepper and garlic salt. Stir in cheese over medium heat until melted; this will thicken the sauce.
• Add pasta to sauce. Use enough of the pasta so that all of the sauce is used and the pasta is thoroughly coated. Serve immediately.

HEALTHY FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook fettuccine to al dente according to package directions, stirring frequently since fettuccine tends to stick together. Drain into a colander.
• Return now-empty pot to the stove on medium-low heat and add butter/oil and garlic. Sauté garlic for about 60 seconds, until fragrant. Sprinkle in flour and whisk for another 30 seconds.
• Add milk and broth and whisk until combined. Cook over medium-low heat, whisking frequently, for 10-12 minutes or until sauce is thickened. Add salt, black pepper, and nutmeg. Turn off heat.
• Add parmesan cheese and stir until cheese melts. Add noodles and serve immediately. If sauce become too thick, add a splash of milk to thin sauce.

FAUX FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• In a 5-quart kettle bring 4 quarts salted water to a boil for pasta.
• In a blender or food processor blend remaining ingredients until smooth and transfer to top of a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Heat sauce, stirring constantly, until and instant-read thermometer registers 140°F and remove top of double-boiler of bowl from heat.
• Add pasta to boiling water and boil until al dente. Reserve 1/ 2cup pasta cooking water and drain pasta in a colander. Return pasta to kettle and add sauce and reserved cooking water, tossing gently until combined well