Classic Alfredo Sauce

Alfredo sauce is the ultimate sauce for all pasta-lovers out there. This flavorful and creamy sauce complements the Italian staple food and gives it a unique taste.

This recipe comes out perfect every time. Give it a try and we assure you that you won’t be disappointed.

Health Benefits

Parsley is rich in vitamins, iron, calcium, magnesium, and potassium. It also contains anti-oxidant elements due to which it offers resistance against heart diseases, cancer growth, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Parsley can be very beneficial for treating gallbladder and urinary tract infections and help you get rid of kidney stones. It can also improve your digestive system and treat various gastrointestinal disorders such as constipation, nausea, and bloating. It increases the production of beneficial gastric juices which assists in the nutrient absorption.

Parsley is a great source of vitamin A that improves your skin health and cures a number of eye conditions.

Calories                439

Protein                 5 g

Carbohydrates  13 g

Dietary Fiber      5 g

Potassium           150 mg

Fat                         42.1 g

Sodium                565 mg

Cholesterol         138 mg

Ingredients

cup fresh Italian parsley leaves, fine chopped: 1/4

cup softened butter: 1/4

teaspoon olive oil: 2

oz spaghetti pasta: 12

clove garlic, chopped or minced: 1

teaspoon garlic powder: 1

cup full-fat cream: 1

teaspoon sea salt: 1/4

teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground: 1/4

teaspoon Italian seasoning: 1

cups Parmesan cheese, freshly grated: 1 1/2

cups mozzarella cheese, grated: 3/4

teaspoon ground nutmeg powder: 1/4

How To Make Classic Alfredo Sauce

Prepare Pasta

1. Fill a large cooking pot with water and add a teaspoon of salt.
2. Add pasta to the cooking pot and boil.
3. Stir well so that the noodles don’t stick together.
4. Drain pasta once it softens.
5. Reserve a cup of pasta cooking water in a bowl.
6. Set pasta and the reserved water aside.

Alfredo Sauce

• Take olive oil and butter in a large sauce pan. Melt at medium heat on a stove.
• Add garlic, garlic powder, black pepper, salt, Italian seasoning, ground nutmeg, and cream to the saucepan. Stir and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add Parmesan to the sauce mixture and cook for another 8 to 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat when the sauce gets thick and smooth.
• Add mozzarella cheese and cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Transfer boiled pasta to a serving dish.
• Top it with the sauce and sprinkle more cheese and parsley leaves.
• Serve and enjoy!

Trivia

• Parsley can grow up to a height of 2 feet.
• Parsley plant completes its entire lifecycle within a period of 2 years.
• It was a common belief among ancient Greeks that the parsley plant grew from the blood of Archimedes when he killed a dragon.
• Its name originates from a Greek word Petros which means rock, because this plant was commonly found amongst the rocks.