February 2019 - Carlton Cooks!

Carlton the dog is wearing a real moustache as he gets ready to show us how to make Fettuccine Alfredo on Fettuccine Alfredo Day. — Yes, I wore a real moustache for this picture. I am a Good Boy!

February 7^th is Fettuccine Alfredo day!

Fettuccine Alfredo is a dish of fettuccine noodles covered in a cheesy white sauce. Do you know who invented the dish?

One hundred and eleven years ago a man named Alfredo Di Lelio worked in a small restaurant in Italy. His wife had just had their first baby and Alfredo wanted to make her a tasty meal. He made her a dish of noodles with butter and fresh cheese and she loved it.

Soon after that, Alfredo opened his own restaurant. Can you guess what he named the new restaurant? Alfredo!

People came from all over the world to eat Alfredo’s noodles. They were so delicious that some very famous movie stars gave him a fork and spoon made of solid gold engraved with the words, “To Alfredo the King of the noodles.”

Many years later, Alfredo sold his restaurant. Later, he opened a new one with his son. The name of the restaurant is Il Vero Alfredo. In Italian this means, the true Alfredo. If you go to Rome, Italy you can still eat Fettuccine Alfredo at Il Vero Alfredo restaurant today!

I like to make my Fettuccine Alfredo with just a little bit of added milk or cream. Come cook with me! Let’s celebrate Fettuccine Alfredo day by making some Fettuccine Alfredo at home!

FETTUCCINE ALFREDO DAY is February 7th!

Good cooks know the word: Colander A colander looks like a bowl with handles and holes. A Colander drains liquid from foods.

INGREDIENTS:

¾ pound of fettuccine noodles (12 ounces of dry noodles)

2 Tablespoons butter

½ cup of Half and Half (whole milk can also be used, but it will affect the texture of the sauce)

½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

¼ cup of pasta water from cooked fettuccine

Salt and pepper

TOOLS:

One 8-quart stockpot

One 2-quart saucepan

Mixing spoon

One colander

Liquid measuring cup

Dry measuring cups

Measuring spoons

DIRECTIONS:

1.To begin, have all of your ingredients measured and ready, mise en place (remember, that means things in place. )

2. Cook fettuccine noodles in the stockpot as directed.

3. While your fettuccine cooks, melt the butter in the saucepan over medium-low heat.

4. Add the Half and Half to the butter in the saucepan and stir.

Begin making Fettuccine Alfredo sauce by melting butter and adding Half and Half.

5. Next, add the cheese to the butter and Half and Half mixture. Continue to stir.

6. Before draining the fettuccine, have your adult remove ¼ cup of the water used to cook the fettuccine and set aside. Using the colander, drain fettuccine and return to the stockpot.

7. Add the ¼ cup of reserved fettuccine water to the sauce in the saucepan and continue to stir.

8. Add the nutmeg to sauce in the saucepan and stir. The mixture will begin to look creamy.

Once you add the pasta water and stir, your Fettuccine Alfredo Sauce will begin to look creamy.

9. Pour the sauce over the fettuccine in the stockpot and stir.

10. Finally, place the fettuccine on a platter or in serving bowls. Try a bite and then sprinkle with salt and pepper if desired. Makes 6 servings.

Fettuccine Alfredo can be served on a platter just like this one for your family to share at the table. Adding broccoli or peas make a tasty treat! — For a tasty treat, try adding broccoli or peas to your Fettuccine Alfredo. Yum! When you serve food on a platter so everyone can serve themselves, it is called “eating family style.”

Psst. Want to know a secret about food glue? Good cooks use a little leftover pasta water when they cook because the starch left in the water after cooking the noodles acts like glue and helps the sauce stick to the noodles.

Month: February 2019

Happy Fettuccine Alfredo Day!

Fettuccine Alfredo