This recipe is very quick and easy. Takes like 15 minutes!
This amount should feed 2-3 people.
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2/4 cup cream
- 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Pasta (I use conchiglie because little shells are the best)
- 2 garlic cloves
- Salt & pepper
For pasta I just assume it doubles in size, so I fill one bowl with dry pasta.
Start by filling a pot with water and boiling it. You want lots of room so the pasta can flow all around in there. Add a generous amount of salt to the water. The pasta has salt in it. If you don't salt the water, the pasta will lose a lot of salt and end up tasting bland and watery.
As the water starts boiling, put the butter into a small sauce pan on medium heat to start it melting. Once it's melted, add the cream and stir it up until is thoroughly mixed. Once the mixture starts bubbling, add the grated cheese and mix thoroughly. After it's well mixed, crush the two garlic cloves into the sauce and stir. Add salt and pepper to taste to the sauce.
During the process of making the sauce, the water should come to a boil. Dump the pasta into the water and stir to make sure they don't clump. Leave the water on high and the boiling water will keep the pasta moving, so you shouldn't need to stir much. Boil for around seven minutes, then drain (do not rinse) and return to the pot.
The pasta and sauce should end up done around the same time. Dump the sauce into the pasta, stir, and eat!
Notes:
Usually alfredo has parsley, but that goes bad quickly so I never bother having it. If you want it, throw it in and stir immediately before dumping the sauce into the pasta.
Garlic changes flavor the longer you cook it. I want strong garlic flavor so I crush it and put it in last. Putting it in sooner gives it a milder and sweeter flavor. Mincing instead of cruising also makes it less strong.
Do not use pre-grated parmesan cheese. It has additives that prevent the cheese from melting properly, giving you an oily, chunky sauce - totally gross.
Note that the ratio of ingredients is 1:2:3. Easy to scale up or down!
Have fun!
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[–] Inara__Serra 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I want to make it for my fiancee. He had heart surgery and needs a lean diet. I get enough fat from munching out after I swim in the morning. I have a few huge spoonfuls of peanut butter and a couple of string cheeses every morning.
[–] clamhurt_legbeard [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Gay.
You can't make good sauces and have it be low fat.
I hope he heals quickly and can eat good food again very soon.
I use butter and bacon in everything tho so I'm not able to offer much help.
[–] Inara__Serra 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Well, thanks for replying. LOLS, you can't make good low-fat cheese/cream sauces ;-) I do okay with others.
I've been collecting and modifying all sorts of recipes. Sometimes they turn out, sometimes they don't.