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Fettuccine Alfredo
Two ingredients on the pasta: butter and parmigiano. The emulsion comes from starchy pasta water whipped through the cheese. The cream came later, the marketing came after that.


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:QUOTE [quotetype:plain, subtitle:Alfredo di Lelio]
My wife could not eat, the pregnancy had taken her appetite. So I made her pasta the way babies want food. White. Soft. Warm. Butter and cheese, nothing more, and she ate.


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Use real parmigiano reggiano, not the green tin. The aged crystals are what give the sauce its bite and its texture.
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:NOTE.half
Reserve a full cup of pasta water before draining. You will use more than you expect to get the sauce loose and shiny.


:LINK
https://www.themealdb.com/meal/53064
Source recipe on TheMealDB