Grammy's Kitchen · Alfredo Sauce · Brown Butter Fettuccine Alfredo
One of 36 alfredo sauce recipes we measured
from cafedelites.com
11 cooks on cafedelites.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 36.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| emulsifier | 43% | 43% |
| liquid | 25% | 0% |
| aromatics | 5% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 500 g | 2 1/2 cups uncooked pasta (about 500 g/ 3–3 1/2 cups cooked) |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup butter |
| 12 g | 4 cloves garlic (chopped) |
| 1/2 cup shallot (finely chopped (about 3 shallots)) | |
| 3 g | 1/2 tbsp thyme leaves (chopped) |
| 3 g | 1/2 tbsp rosemary leaves (chopped) |
| 59 g | 1/4 cup white wine |
| 100 g | 1 cup freshly grated parmesan |
| 119 g | 1/2 cup heavy cream |
| 13 g | 2 tbsp pasta cooking water |
| Salt and pepper (to taste) | |
| 1/4 tsp crushed red chilli flakes (optional) | |
| Parsley and extra grated parmesan (fresh chopped for garnish) |
Method: 12 steps, published by cafedelites.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is the deepest, creamiest Alfredo I have ever experienced. So simple to make but top restaurant quality. My daughter doesn't eat meat so I cooked some chicken separately in loads of butter and salt and then threw it in after I served my daughter the f” — a cook, 5.0★
“Made this tonight and everyone loved it. The brown butter gave the sauce so much flavor and made it taste a little different from regular alfredo in the best way. Super simple to make too. I’ll definitely be making it again.” — a cook, 5.0★