If you are not ready to say goodbye to Christmas just yet, enjoy a little Fettuccine Alfredo with a wonderful romantic comedy. While watching The Holiday, one of the best modern Christmas movies (in my opinion), Kate Winslet’s character, Iris, tells Jack Black’s character, Miles, that she will make him some ‘Christmas Fettuccine’ to lift their low spirits due to relationship problems. This pasta dish makes an appearance in the scene with Cameron Diaz’s character, Amanda, when she settles in for the night.
I made some of this delicious Fettuccine Alfredo, but since the color palette of the dish is predominantly yellow, the pictures were a little boring. To spare you from the dull sight, I chose not to feature the step-by-step for this Eat & Watch. Also, the recipe is pretty basic: make pasta, add the cream/butter/cheese sauce. Fettuccine and The Holiday are delicious and welcomed additions for cold winter nights.
Fettuccine Alfredo
[Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis]
Ingredients
• 18 ounces fresh fettuccine
• 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (I cut my use of butter in half)
• 2 cups grated Parmesan
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
• Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• Salt and freshly ground white pepper
Directions
1. Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes. Drain.
2. Stir 2 cups of the cream and the lemon juice in a heavy large skillet to blend.
3. Add the butter and cook over medium heat just until the butter melts, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
4. Add the pasta and toss. Add the remaining 1/2 cup of cream, and Parmesan to the cream sauce in the skillet.
5. Add the lemon zest, nutmeg, salt, and white pepper. Toss the pasta mixture over low heat until the sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute.
{Photo from The Holiday}
