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02-28-2012, 11:03 AM
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Certified Cake Maniac
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: The Great "Wet" North
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Originally Posted by GB
I made fettuccine alfredo for dinner last night. Butter, heavy cream, parm, salt pepper. So simple and so delicious.
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Years ago a restaurant in Vancouver, aptly named "Alfredo's" made the best Alfredo sauce I have ever had before or since. I got to talk to the chef once and asked what made the sauce so special - he said that not trying to make it special was the key.
The ingredients you mentioned, GB are exactly what he used. Of course he didn't give me amounts and it took me awhile to get it right! Oh, he didn't even use pepper but the waiter would come around with this huge pepper grinder and offer some for the top. A perfect addition!
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02-28-2012, 11:09 AM
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Chief Eating Officer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: USA,Massachusetts
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I actually left the pepper out because my kids don't enjoy it, but added some freshly fround to my plate.
Actually I should correct myself. I did not cook this. My daughter did. It was her first time making dinner and she did a great job!
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02-28-2012, 11:09 AM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
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I've got to add a bit of white wine to my Alfredo. But, then again, I add wine to lots of things. Especially myself... 
Olive oil, or butter
garlic
white wine, reduce
cream
reduce and thicken
then finish with parmesan, fresh parsley and cracked black pepper....
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02-28-2012, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jennyema
Nutmeg is the traditional addition but I hate it and cinnamon would be even worse, sorry.
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I don't hate nutmeg and cinnamon but IMHO they belong in desserts not savory dishes!!
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02-28-2012, 11:14 AM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: East Boston, MA
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I don't want my last words to be, "I wish I had spent more time doing housework"
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02-28-2012, 11:18 AM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,325
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Originally Posted by Addie
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What does +6 mean?
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02-28-2012, 11:25 AM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: East Boston, MA
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Originally Posted by PattY1
What does +6 mean?
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I am the sixth person who agrees with a statement made by a previous poster.
The statement was "At some point it stops being Alfredo Sauce." Or something similar.
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02-28-2012, 11:25 AM
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Certified Pretend Chef
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Massachusetts
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When a poster makes a post you agree with, you post +1 to show you agree with it. The next person posts +2, etc.
When you post a +1 etc, you should quote the post you are agreeing with so it's clear.
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02-28-2012, 02:51 PM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Johnstown, Ohio
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Well, whatever the heck it is, I like my non-Alfredo Sauce with a couple of sprinkles of nutmeg and a couple of dashes of Frank's Red Hot.
So there!
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02-28-2012, 03:31 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: near Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Originally Posted by PattY1
I don't hate nutmeg and cinnamon but IMHO they belong in desserts not savory dishes!! 
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I call them "cookie spices": nutmeg, cinnamon, dry ginger, cloves, allspice, cardamom, vanilla. DH doesn't get it. I tell him to look with the cookie spices. The only one of those I haven't used in a savoury dish is dry ginger, but I do use fresh ginger with savoury.
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