Lionel Barrymores' Fettucine Alfredo

No ratings yet

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Blending hot liquid. Let it cool a little first, fill the blender no more than a third, and hold the lid down with a folded towel. Start on the lowest speed. A stick blender in the pan is safer.
Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Boil unbroken noodles in as much water as your largest pot will hold. Add salt when water first begins to boil, then add noodles. Boil 20 minutes. Cut butter in cubes on a hot plate. When the noodles are done, drain. Stir the cheese and butter into the noodles, being sure that all are carefully mixed and blended. You may not have Alfredo's golden spoon, but you'll have his loving care.