Alfredo sauce
Enjoy this classic Italian sauce folded into cooked pasta. It’s been adapted over the years to include double cream, making it rich, unctuous and delicious
- Prep:5 mins
Cook:5 mins
- Serves 4
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 704
- fat 54g
- saturates 33g
- carbs 37g
- sugars 0g
- fibre 3g
- protein 16g
- salt 0.57g
Ingredients
- 25g butter
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed or finely grated
- 300ml double cream
- 1tsp Italian dried herbs
- 100g parmesan, grated
- ½ small bunch parsley, finely chopped
- 400g pasta, cooked
Method
Melt the butter in a pan over a medium-low heat and fry the garlic for 1 min until softened but not browned. Stir in the cream and mixed herbs, and bring the cream to a gentle simmer, lowering the temperature if necessary. Add the parmesan, stirring continuously until it has melted. Sprinkle over the parsley (you can reserve a little to garnish, if you like). Fold into the cooked pasta and serve.