Dinner on the quick!!

The hubby was STARVED (ha!) this evening while we were grocery shopping so instead of letting him get some nasty Dillons chinese take out crap, I picked up two packs of Buitoni pasta packages. They have two new flavors of ravioli now and we already like their tortellini so I picked those up for din-din. But to stay in the habit of actually posting some recipes, I made a homemade Alfredo sauce. I have tried it several times in the past and it was never quite smooth but I finally found a recipe that perfected it along with type of cheese!! So, without further ado, alfredo sauce from scratch:

Alfredo Sauce

1/2 cup (one stick) butter

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 teaspoon salt

dash of pepper

dash of ground nutmeg

In a saucepan, heat butter and whipping cream over medium heat, stirring often until butter is melted and mixture starts to boil. Stir in grated cheese little by little, stirring often until slightly thickened. Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Remove from heat and serve on pasta.

I finally figured out how to make a thicker, creamier sauce, like alfredo you get at a restaurant. I have made this before with half and half and this could probably work as well because the butter helps make it creamy. The recipe I made before used only 1 Tbsp of butter and that does not make it as tasty (trust me) but much healthier : ) But be sure to get parmesean that you have to grate by hand and not the stuff already grated in tubs for spaghetti. It does not melt as well and makes the sauce very lumpy.

Hopefully that was all coherent. I'm still getting the hang of this.