Alfredo Sauce Recipe Barefoot Contessa Food

ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan or skillet, warm the butter and cream. Season with salt and pepper. Add the Parmesan and stir until melted.
• Toss to combine, thinning with pasta water if necessary.

FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Drain. Stir 2 cups of the cream and the lemon juice in a heavy large skillet to blend. Add the butter and cook over medium heat just until the butter melts, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat. Add the pasta and toss. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of cream, and Parmesan to the cream sauce in the skillet. Add the lemon zest, nutmeg, salt, and white pepper. Toss the pasta mixture over low heat until the sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute.

FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt generously. Boil the pasta until al dente, tender but still slightly firm.
• Meanwhile in a large skillet over medium heat melt the butter and whisk in the cream and nutmeg and bring just to a simmer. Lower the heat to keep the mixture just warm.
• Drain the pasta in a colander and reserve some of the cooking water. Add the pasta to the cream mixture, toss with the cheese, and season with salt and pepper to taste. If the pasta mixture has become thick and tight, thin it with some of the reserved cooking water. Serve immediately in heated bowls.

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.

BAREFOOT CONTESSA'S BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan on low heat, saute the onions and garlic with the vegetable oil for 10 to 15 minutes, until the onions are translucent but not browned.
• Add the tomato paste, vinegar, honey, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, chili powder, cumin, and red pepper flakes. Simmer uncovered on low heat for 30 minutes.
• Use immediately or store in the refrigerator.
• The Contessa recommends using this with about 2 1/2 to 3 pounds of chicken. Just marinate it in 2/3 of the barbecue sauce for a few hours or overnight in the refrigerator, then slap it on the grill. Serve it with the extra sauce on the side!

ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat. Add cream and simmer for 5 minutes, then add garlic and cheese and whisk quickly, heating through. Stir in parsley and serve.

ELAINE'S FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• Bring 6 quarts generously salted water to a boil.
• While the water heats, melt the butter in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic; saute until fragrant and sizzling, about 2 minutes. Whisk the cream with the egg yolk in a bowl until blended; pour into the garlic butter. Reduce heat to medium-low; stir until hot but not boiling. Keep warm over low heat.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta, partially covered, until al dente. (The pasta will float when it's done.) Drain in a colander, shaking out excess water, but reserve a little cooking water. Pour hot pasta into the cream mixture and toss to coat (still over low heat). Add the cheese and keep tossing gently until cream is mostly absorbed. Season with salt and pepper. If sauce is absorbed too much, toss with a little pasta water. Serve in warm bowls.

BETTER THAN OLIVE GARDEN ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan with olive oil over medium/low heat.
• Add the garlic, cream, white pepper and bring mixture to a simmer.
• Stir often.
• Add the Parmesan cheese and simmer sauce for 8-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened and is smooth.
• When sauce has thickened add the Mozzarella cheese and stir until smooth. STIR FREQUENTLY.
• While the sauce cooks, boil noodles for 3-5 minutes.
• Place pasta on serving plates and spoon sauce over pasta.
• Garnish with parsley, freshly cracked black pepper and more grated parmesan (optional).

ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place butter in microwave safe pot and heat on high for 30 seconds or until melted.
• Add cream and warm on high for approximately 1 minute.
• Add Parmesan cheese and warm until cheese melts.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. (If serving with shrimp, you might not need much salt.).
• Pour over 4 servings of warm noodles (I use angel hair) and toss to coat. Serve immediately.
• Notes: I serve it with cubed, grilled or broiled chicken breast mixed in with the noodles or shrimp. Add a green salad and you have a complete meal. I have used margarine and canned Parmesan cheese and it worked fine.

CHICKEN ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Dissolve chicken boullion cubes in 1/2 cup water.
• Melt butter over low heat in saucepan.
• Gradually, stir in flour.
• Continue stirring and gradually add half-and-half.
• Add chicken boullion.
• Increase heat to medium and continue stirring.
• Cook until thickened.
• Stir in parmesan cheese and garlic powder, if desired.
• Serve over hot pasta and garnish with parsley.

OLIVE GARDEN GARLIC ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium to large saucepan melt the butter over medium heat.
• Add the cream cheese and whisk to smooth and melted.
• Whisk in the heavy cream.
• Season with the garlic powder, salt and pepper.
• Bring to a good simmer and whisk frequently until sauce thickens, around 25 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in cheese.
• Taste and adjust seasoning's.

QUICK AND EASY ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium, non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Add cream cheese and garlic powder, stirring with wire whisk until smooth. Add milk, a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps. Stir in Parmesan and pepper. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency. Sauce will thicken rapidly, thin with milk if cooked too long. Toss with hot pasta to serve.