Fettuccine Alfredo

Name: Fettuccine Alfredo
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g fettuccine; 100g unsalted butter, cubed; 150g parmesan, finely grated; black pepper freshly ground; salt to taste

The original Alfredo — just butter, parmesan, and starchy pasta water whipped into an impossibly rich sauce.

Total time

15 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Italian

comfortpastavegetarianindulgent

Ingredients

400gfettuccine

100gunsalted butter, cubed

150gparmesan, finely grated

black pepperfreshly ground

saltto taste

Instructions

Cook fettuccine in well-salted water; reserve 1 cup pasta water.

Toss hot pasta with butter and a splash of pasta water; add parmesan.

Toss vigorously until sauce is silky, adding water as needed.

Season with lots of black pepper. Serve immediately.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

341

Protein

14.5g

Fat

31.1g

Carbs

1.6g

Fiber

Sodium

576mg

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