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Fettuccine pasta became famous in the world thanks to two American silent film actors who tried this dish in a Roman restaurant in 1926. The owner of the establishment, Alfredo De Lelio, said that he came up with the recipe for his pregnant wife. The abundance of butter, garlic spices and cheese amazed people, and they took home with them a wonderful option for preparing pasta.
The paste itself is a thinly rolled dough the thickness of a playing card, cut into wide strips (about 7mm). The main condition for a quality dish will be its proper boiling to the “al dante” state, when it remains a little hard. The famous Parmesan cheese and basil with a powerful, sharp aroma give the finished pasta a piquant taste.
Over time, the sauce has undergone changes (many chefs began to experiment). Various seafood, ham, mushrooms and herbs began to be added to it. The taste did not suffer much from this. In good restaurants, the dish is served from freshly prepared dough; at home, housewives often prefer to buy ready-made goods, which in stores can be found rolled up, resembling bird’s nests.
Classic recipe
The classic version of Fettuccine pasta, which the actors tried, is called “Alfredo”.
It will be described with a proven option for preparing pasta dough.
Composition of ingredients
Product test kit:
- chicken egg – 1 pc.;
- durum flour – 100 g;
- vegetable oil – ½ tsp.
For the sauce:
- cream 20% fat – 200 ml;
- egg yolk – 1 pc.;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- butter – 2 tbsp. l.;
- parmesan – 100 g;
- basil - to taste;
- black pepper, salt.
What can be added and changed in the composition
You can use milk instead of cream, but you will have to increase the amount of butter. If you don’t have time to cook pasta at home, you should buy a pack of pasta weighing 250 g.
Step-by-step cooking process
Step by step guide:
- You should start by preparing the dough. For it you need to beat an egg into a cup and mix with vegetable oil with a fork. Flour must be poured in parts, kneading into a tight mixture, which is best wrapped in cling film at the end and set aside for 15 minutes.
- After the allotted time, roll out the mass to a thickness of 1mm, sprinkle the surface with flour, roll it several times on both sides so that the halves meet in the middle. You need to cut it into rings about 7-10 mm wide, roll it out and dry it, but you can boil it right away.
Fettuccine pasta is made from a simple dough. - In this case, you need to place a pan with enough water on the stove. When the mixture boils, add salt and discard the homemade fettuccine. It is necessary to cook, stirring constantly so that the pasta does not stick, until half cooked.
- At this time, you can have time to prepare the sauce, for which it is enough to fry chopped garlic in butter using a large frying pan.
- Separately mix the yolk with cream, basil, salt and black pepper. Pour the resulting composition into the saute, bring to a boil and continue cooking over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Drain the finished pasta in a colander and then place it in a frying pan with the creamy sauce.
Decoration and serving rules
Finely grated cheese can be added at the end of cooking while stirring or sprinkled on the dish and placed on plates. Serve hot or warm only.
Variety of sauces
Cooking the noodles is only half of the whole process; the key role is played by the delicious sauce, which complements and emphasizes the taste of the dish. So fettuccine with mushrooms has a richer taste than just boiled pasta. The most common pasta combinations are with Parmesan, spinach and salmon.
For example, if you want something savory, you should cook fettuccine with shrimp according to a traditional recipe. How long does it take to prepare this dish? If you already have fettuccine prepared yourself or bought in a store, then the whole process will take no more than 10-15 minutes. How many minutes to cook shrimp? If you have them ready-made, there is no need to cook them.
Fettuccine with shrimp and spinach in cream sauce
Ingredients:
- Spinach - 4 balls;
- Peeled shrimp - a third of the pack;
- Cream – 200 gr;
- Butter - 30 g;
- Fettuccine - 8 nests.
Preparation:
- Bring water to a boil, add salt and add fettuccine;
- Finely chop the spinach and grate the cheese;
- Melt butter in a small saucepan;
- Fry the spinach in oil for 5 minutes, then add the defrosted shrimp to it and immediately pour in the cream. If the shrimp were raw, then they also need to be fried for a few minutes before adding cream.
- Add grated cheese to the pan with spinach.
- Turn off the heat without allowing the mixture in the pan to boil.
Boil the fettuccine for 10 minutes, then drain in a colander and put back into the pan. Mix the prepared fettuccine with the sauce, arrange on plates and serve. Following this example, you can prepare almost any sauce for pasta, emphasizing the diversity of their taste. Guests will definitely appreciate this interesting dish: fettuccine with shrimp can become the highlight of any table, even a festive one.
With salmon
Fettuccine pasta, the recipe for which with the addition of salmon can often be found in expensive restaurants, does not differ much in the method of preparation, but the taste and aroma are superior to the classic version.
Preparation next.
Composition of ingredients
Ingredients:
- Fettuccine pasta – 500 g;
- fresh salmon fillet – 800 g;
- butter – 40 g;
- olive oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- garlic – 4 cloves;
- parmesan – 150 g;
- cream – 1 tbsp;
- thyme – 4 sprigs;
- salt, black pepper - to taste.
What can be added and changed in the composition
If you don’t have Parmesan on hand, you can use hard cheese from a trusted manufacturer. You can also select a set of spices yourself (basil, fresh parsley or dried oregano will do).
Step-by-step cooking process
Cooking process:
- It is better to put a pan of water in first and wait for it to boil. You need to add salt at the rate of ½ tsp. 1 liter and discard the paste. You need to check the cooking time on the package and subtract 1 minute. This is how long it will take to cook the pasta.
- Next, heat a frying pan with olive oil and fry the pre-diced salmon fillet, stirring constantly with a spatula.
- After 5 min. you need to add chopped garlic, butter and thyme sprigs.
- It is necessary to pour in the heated cream, add salt and pepper.
- By this time, the fettuccine should be ready; drain it in a colander and immediately pour it into the boiling sauce.
- Hold for 1-2 minutes. over low heat, you need to remove the frying pan, sprinkle everything with grated cheese and mix thoroughly.
Decoration and serving rules
The dish should be served in portions, placed on flat plates and garnished with sprigs of herbs.
Fettuccine with chicken and mushrooms
If you are tired of your usual dishes and want something new, cook fettuccine with chicken and mushrooms in a delicate sauce. The Italian recipe is no more complicated than our navy pasta, and the taste is pleasant and original. This delicious dish, so popular in Italy, may become your favorite dinner option.
Ingredients
- Fetuchine - 250 g.
- Chicken fillet - 300 g.
- A little salt.
- A couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- Champignon or porcini mushrooms - 150g.
- Ground black pepper.
- Spoon of olive oil.
For the sauce you will need:
- 30% cream - a glass.
- Butter - a quarter of a pack.
- Hard cheese - 150g.
- A couple of cloves of garlic.
- Medium sized onion head.
Preparation
The chicken fettuccine recipe starts with preparing the fillet and mushrooms. You can fry chicken breasts and mushrooms in parallel with cooking fettuccine to reduce the time you spend at the stove. The step-by-step preparation scheme for these products looks like this:
- Cut the fillet into small pieces.
- Salt and lightly pepper them.
- Pour a little vegetable oil into the frying pan and place the fillet pieces into it.
- Fry until nice golden brown, about 10 minutes.
- At this time, peel and cut the mushrooms into thin slices.
- We send them to the chicken and fry for another 7 minutes.
Whether your dish succeeds or not depends on the next step:
- Fill the saucepan with clean water and wait until it boils.
- Salt the boiling water and let the Fettuccine cook. We recommend reading the instructions for your pasta to determine the cooking time. Usually this is 10 minutes, but the time may vary slightly for each manufacturer, and it is not permissible to overcook the pasta.
- Stir the pasta occasionally while cooking.
- After the time has passed, place the pasta in a colander and wait until all the water has drained.
- Then return the fettuccine back to the warm pan and add a spoonful of olive oil.
Our fettuccine pasta is almost ready. All that's left to do is prepare the sauce. Its preparation is as follows:
- Take a deep frying pan and put butter in it.
- Turn on the heat to medium and wait for the butter to melt.
- Meanwhile, cut the onion into small cubes and chop the garlic.
- Throw the vegetables into the oil and fry, stirring with a spatula.
- Add cream and wait literally 2 more minutes.
- Place the fillet with mushrooms and grated cheese into the pan, mix everything well.
- Our fettuccine pasta is ready to join the rest of the dish.
- After adding the fettuccine, stir again and cover the pan with a lid to allow the pasta to warm up. A couple of minutes will be enough.
Fettuccine - a recipe with chicken and mushrooms, it's time to serve! You can invite all home tasters of culinary masterpieces to dinner. As you can see, making your own pasta at home is very simple. Bon appetit!
With salmon
Fettuccine pasta (recipe with lightly salted salmon) is perfect for welcoming dear guests, even if they don’t have to wait that long.
Composition of ingredients
Compound:
- lightly salted salmon – 400 g;
- heavy cream – 350 ml;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- fettuccine – 300 g;
- Parmesan cheese – 100 g;
- fresh basil - 3 sprigs;
- butter – 50 g.
What can be added and changed in the composition
Lightly salted salmon can be replaced with fresh fish, and instead of basil, add any greens and herbs.
Step-by-step cooking process
Step-by-step preparation:
- You should start with salmon, from which you must remove the skin and remove all the small bones. The fillet should be cut into small cubes.
- You need to melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the pieces of fish in it, which should lighten a little. This process usually takes about 5 minutes.
- Separately, you need to heat the cream, and then pour it into the salmon, immediately adding garlic and basil. Boil the sauce after boiling for another 3 minutes. and turn it off.
- Separately, you need to prepare the fettuccine, following the instructions described on the package.
Decoration and serving rules
The pasta should be placed first on plates, spread all the sauce on top and sprinkle generously with grated cheese. Some people prefer to mix everything in a frying pan and only then serve.
With seafood
This recipe comes with the addition of packaged seafood, which often includes shrimp and squid. The sauce will also be different, but the dish will only benefit from this.
Composition of ingredients
Product set:
- Fettuccine – 300 g;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- onion – 1 head;
- seafood – 1 package (400 g);
- garlic – 4 cloves;
- white wine – 80 ml;
- onion – 1 head;
- olive oil – 40 ml;
- parmesan – 100 g;
- parsley, oregano, basil - 1 sprig each;
- tomato paste – 1 tbsp. l.;
- spices - to taste.
What can be added and changed in the composition
Adding tomatoes may make the sauce too sour. Therefore, you can add a little granulated sugar to taste.
Step-by-step cooking process
Step by step guide:
- Immediately you need to heat a frying pan with half the olive oil and fry the finely chopped onion with chopped garlic for 3 minutes.
- Tomatoes must be washed, scalded and skinned. You should chop them into cubes and add them to the sauté together with tomato paste, simmer everything together over medium heat for another 5 minutes.
- Separately, you need to heat a saucepan with the remaining oil and pour all the seafood from the bag into it without defrosting the contents. Cook for 8 minutes. until all the liquid has completely disappeared, pour in white wine, add spicy sprigs and leave on the stove for a couple of minutes.
- Fettuccine must be boiled until al dente, drained.
- Combine the contents of the frying pan and saucepan in one thick-walled bowl, heat it and place the pasta and grated cheese there. You need to mix everything well with a spatula, achieving homogeneity.
Decoration and serving rules
The dish should be served in portions in flat plates only when hot.
Fettuccine with seafood in creamy sauce
Organizing a festival of Italian recipes in your home kitchen is not difficult if you prepare fettuccine with seafood. This is food for gourmets and true guardians of Italian traditions. Feel free to serve a double portion at once - it’s impossible to tear yourself away from this delicacy.
Let's prepare the ingredients:
- spaghetti – 450 g;
- butter for frying – 30 g;
- green onions (chopped) – 1 cup;
- garlic – 4 cloves (peeled and chopped);
- peeled, boiled shrimp – 450 g;
- scallops – 400 g;
- cream – 0.6 l;
- Parmigiano Reggiano crumbled – 60 g.
Let's get down to business:
- Boil the pasta until al dente (see package for cooking time). Drain in a colander.
- In a large non-stick frying pan over low heat, sauté the onion and garlic for a minute.
- Mix the shrimp and scallops with the frying, simmer for 3 minutes, then reduce the heat to medium.
- Add a little salt and pepper, heat the mixture well, stirring occasionally, but without bringing to a boil.
- Gradually add half the required amount of Parmesan, stirring continuously, and heat for a minute. Remove from heat.
- Combine pasta with gravy and sprinkle with cheese crumbles before serving.
Note: if the sauce turns out too thin, gradually stir in a little cornstarch until the required consistency. Frozen seafood must be thawed and dried with paper towels before cooking, otherwise the melted icy glaze will add unnecessary liquid.
With ham
Fettuccine pasta with a creamy sauce made with ham is the most popular. Many people choose this recipe for a quick homemade dinner when there is no time to prepare complex dishes.
Composition of ingredients
Ingredients:
- butter – 45 g;
- garlic – 1 clove;
- cream 20% – 1 tbsp.;
- flour – 2 tbsp. l.;
- onions – 1 pc.;
- ham – 100 g;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- pasta – 250 g.
What can be added and changed in the composition
Ham can be replaced with high-quality sausage, and your favorite spices can be added to the composition.
Step-by-step cooking process
Step-by-step preparation:
- Since the sauce will be prepared quite quickly, you should immediately set up a pan of water to boil the pasta.
- You need to melt all the butter in a saucepan and fry the flour in it, which is best added through a strainer.
Having obtained a creamy color, you should pour in warm cream and mix the mixture so that there are no lumps using a whisk. Having achieved a slight thickness, you need to remove from heat. - In a large frying pan, heat the sunflower oil, add finely diced onions, thinly sliced ham and cook over medium heat until slightly browned.
- By this time, the water in the pan should already boil, it must be salted and the fettuccine should be thrown in there. Cook according to the instructions on the package, subtracting 1 minute.
- Pour the creamy mixture over the ham, bring to a boil and mix with the prepared pasta. Hold for a couple of minutes. over low heat and divide into plates.
Decoration and serving rules
Serve the dish immediately, without allowing it to cool, be sure to sprinkle with grated cheese and garnish with fresh herbs.
With Chiken
Fettuccine pasta, a recipe that uses chicken meat, is a light and satisfying dish that is perfect for lunch or dinner. There are many variations, but the one chosen with cream sauce has a noticeably richer flavor.
Composition of ingredients
Compound:
- pasta – 700 g;
- chicken breast – 600 g;
- cream – 250 ml;
- Parmesan cheese – 120 g;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- basil – 2 sprigs;
- butter – 60 g;
- greens - to taste.
What can be added and changed in the composition
A wonderful combination will turn out if you add some mushrooms to the composition.
Step-by-step cooking process
Cooking Guide:
- First you need to boil the pasta in salted water until half cooked, drain in a colander without rinsing.
- In a large frying pan with high sides, melt the butter. Pour in pieces of chicken breast, which should be washed in advance, remove the film from it and shape the meat into cubes.
- You need to fry until golden brown, and then add pressed garlic, pepper, salt, basil and pour in hot cream.
- Having brought the mixture to a boil, you need to reduce the flame to a minimum and simmer for 4 minutes. under the lid.
It is necessary to carefully place the fettuccine into the sauce, sprinkle with cheese, which should be grated in advance, and mix everything well.
Decoration and serving rules
The finished dish must be immediately divided into plates and served on the table with sprigs of fresh herbs.
How to cook “Fettuccine (quick recipe)”
1
Put the water on the fire, when it boils, add salt, lower the fettuccine and cook according to the instructions on the package for about 10-12 minutes.
2
While the pasta is cooking, rinse the broccoli and cut into florets. Boil in boiling salted water for about 3 minutes.
3
Cut the bacon into small pieces and fry in a frying pan until golden brown.
4
Once the bacon is cooked, add the broccoli and cook for a minute to infuse the broccoli with flavor.
5
Add butter, grated cheese and cream. Season with ground black pepper.
6
Drain the fettuccine in a colander and immediately place it in the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Warm for 2 minutes and serve immediately.
7
Bon appetit!
With mushrooms
Mushroom sauce with fettuccine has a lower calorie content than with meat or especially ham and is perfect for a family dinner.
Composition of ingredients
Product set:
- champignons – 300 g;
- fettuccine – 500 g;
- parmesan – 90 g;
- butter – 10 g;
- olive oil – 20 ml;
- rosemary – 1 sprig;
- cream – 200 ml;
- salt, black pepper - to taste.
What can be added and changed in the composition
Champignons can be replaced with wild mushrooms, which add more flavor to the dish. For color, some housewives add fresh spinach leaves, and pieces of chicken fillet for satiety. Spices can be used at your discretion.
Step-by-step cooking process
Preparation step by step:
- You should start by processing the champignons, which should never be soaked. You need to quickly rinse them under the tap, cut off all the darkened areas and chop them into pieces of different sizes: the large ones will be tasted, and the small ones will fill the dish with aroma.
- You need to heat the frying pan well, adding 2 types of oil at once and add the mushrooms. You need to fry them together with a sprig of rosemary until all the liquid has evaporated and a light brown color has been achieved. The process should take no more than 4 minutes.
- The cream must be heated in a saucepan, and then pour it over the mushrooms, adding salt and pepper to the composition.
- Place a saucepan with enough water on the stove and bring to a boil. You need to add a little salt to the liquid and discard the fettuccine. Cook until al dente, stirring all the time with a spatula so that the noodles do not stick to the bottom.
- The pasta should be drained in a colander and then placed in the heated mushroom sauce. Sprinkle everything with finely chopped cheese.
Decoration and serving rules
Without allowing it to cool, place the delicious dish on plates for all family members, garnishing with chopped herbs.
Step-by-step preparation of fettuccine with mushrooms in creamy sauce
Italians knead and cut their own pasta dough. To speed up the process, you can purchase ready-made dried paste for Fettuccine. But how to cook fettuccine with mushrooms yourself? Below is a list of ingredients, step-by-step instructions or diagram, as well as a photo.
Ingredients for fettuccine with mushrooms
Ingredients for a delicious Italian dish
- Champignons or porcini mushrooms 450-500 gr.
- Parmesan cheese 60 gr.
- Salt (to taste).
- Heavy cream (from 20%) 0.5 liters.
- A quarter glass of dry white wine.
- Two or three onions.
- For frying you will need 100 ml of vegetable oil (preferably olive oil).
- Pasta 300 gr. (preferably from durum wheat).
- Italian seasoning, dried basil.
- Ground black pepper to taste.
- Garlic to taste.
- Butter.
Cooking Fettuccine with mushrooms in creamy sauce
Step 1: Start with the sauce
- You need to pour olive oil into a frying pan and melt the butter in the same place. The combination of their flavors will make the dish perfect.
- You can add slightly crushed garlic to the heated oil. He must give his juice. Fry it for 2-3 minutes.
- After this, the garlic must be removed.
Step 2. The most important
The recipe involves the use of mushrooms. They are the highlight of the dish, so they must be prepared with care. You should not soak them in water, as the mushrooms absorb liquid, causing them to lose their best taste. You can use a brush to clean them.
- After carefully washing the mushrooms, they need to be dried well. A colander is suitable for this.
- While the mushrooms are getting rid of excess moisture, you can start working on the onions. Chop two large or three small onions. Advice. To prevent onions from getting into your eyes, frequently wet the knife with running water. It absorbs those caustic substances that make people cry.
Step 3. Frying mushrooms with onions
- Mushrooms can be cut at your discretion: into plates or arbitrary pieces.
- After that, we send them to the frying pan. Fry the mushrooms carefully, stirring constantly to avoid burning.
- The juice should completely evaporate. This will be a signal that you can add pre-cooked onions.
- When the mushrooms and onions acquire a golden color, and the kitchen is filled with an indescribable aroma, it will be time to use your favorite Italian seasonings, salt and pepper.
- Many people also add dry white wine to the mushrooms, which gives the dish sourness and its own exquisite aroma.
Step 4. Making a complete sauce
- Add cream to the pan with mushrooms and onions. Cooking time will be about 10 minutes. It is worth considering that the pasta sauce should not be too thick. To avoid this, you can add a little boiled water to the pan.
- If you cooked the pasta before you started preparing the sauce, you can use the broth left over from cooking.
Step 5. Boil the noodles
- Now send the pasta or fettuccine to cook. The water must be salted. Advice. To prevent the pasta from sticking together, you can add a little vegetable oil to the water. Chefs recommend cooking pasta to a state called al dente. In our opinion, this is undercooked pasta.
- After cooking, place the pasta in a colander and melt a little butter in it.
Step 6. The most delicious
Now it's all up to you. You can send the pasta directly into the pan, or you can put it beautifully on plates, pour over the sauce and sprinkle with grated Parmesan. Advice. Try adding a few drops of olive oil with white truffle to the finished dish. This will give it a subtle cheese and mushroom aroma.
Not a single photo can convey the wonderful rich taste and aroma of fettuccine pasta with mushrooms. And anyone can cook this dish on their own. The main thing is to approach this with love. I wish you delicious achievements and culinary inspiration!
With greens
Fettuccine pasta (recipe from nests) with spinach and garlic will appeal to people who lead a healthy lifestyle. In just 20 minutes. You can prepare a light lunch that is considered a dietary meal.
Composition of ingredients
Ingredients:
- fettuccine nests – 6 pcs.;
- fresh spinach – 1 bunch;
- garlic – 1 clove;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.;
- parmesan – 80 g;
- a little parsley, cilantro.
What can be added and changed in the composition
If there is no need to monitor calorie content, you can add sour cream or a little cream at the end. Some also sprinkle the finished dish with nuts.
Step-by-step cooking process
Cooking process:
- Immediately put a pan of salted water on the fire.
- At this time, you first need to sort through the spinach leaves, discard the wilted product, rinse and shake off excess water. The stems must be removed.
- The same should be done with parsley and cilantro.
- Garlic should be peeled and rinsed under the tap.
- The prepared products need to be placed in a blender bowl and chopped.
- Fettuccine needs to be thrown into boiling water and cooked, without leaving the pan and stirring all the time, until al dente.
- Place in a colander and allow all the liquid to drain.
Decoration and serving rules
The nests must be placed on plates, and the herb sauce should be distributed inside each one. All that remains is to sprinkle everything with grated cheese and serve warm.
Calorie content of fettuccine pasta
Many people are scared by the caloric content of fettuccine indicated on the package. But when boiled, they change noticeably.
Calorie content | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates | |
Dry paste | 384 kcal | 14.1 g | 4.4 g | 67.6 g |
Boiled | 142.2 kcal | 5.2 g | 1.6 g | 25 g |
The sauce will also affect the calorie content of the dish. More often, pasta is served with creamy sauce, which is very nutritious.
Useful tips
There are several cooking rules that you should heed:
- When preparing noodles at home, you can make them colorful by adding a little vegetable juice (spinach, beets or carrots).
- You should always undercook the pasta a little, because it will be fully cooked in the sauce.
- You should not rinse pasta so as not to lose its taste.
- Do not pour cold cream into the fry, as it may curdle.
- It is better to purchase Fettuccine pasta from Italian producers or make it yourself. If this is not possible, but you need to use your favorite recipe, you need to give preference to other wide spaghetti made from wholemeal flour.