Last updated on April 16th, 2025
A pasta dish made from fettuccine pasta tossed with parmesan cheese and butter, Fettuccine Alfredo is a popular Italian dish which is very quick to make by following this easy recipe. Surprisingly, traditional Fettuccine Alfredo doesn’t contain mushrooms or ham but I’ve included it in the recipe as that is what we South Africans are used to! Feel free to leave these two ingredients out if you would rather keep it traditional.
Ingredients:
500g dried fettuccine
6 tbsp unsalted butter
150g sliced cooked ham
250g chopped portabellini mushrooms
1 cup cream
1 cup finely grated parmesan
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
fresh parsley for garnishing
Method:
- Cook the fettuccine in a pot of rapidly boiling salted water until the pasta is al dente (not soft and mushy).
- While the pasta is cooking, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Fry the mushrooms then add the cream and ham and bring to the boil.
- Cook until sauce has reduced, or for about five minutes, stirring gently.
- Remove from the heat.
- Place pasta in a serving dish, sprinkle with the parmesan cheese then pour the sauce over the pasta to melt the cheese.
- Gently mix the pasta and sauce together.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Garnish with parsley and a little parmesan.
i tried this with the ham and mushroom, also added some garlic and hubby loved it 🙂
I made it twice already. Quick and easy to make and very tasty. My wife agree.
Couldn’t believe how quick and easy it was to make supper that tastes like it came out of a restaurant!
I made this twice, absolutely loved it. Substituted ham with spicy chicken, wow…divine 🙂
Havent tried it yet. Question. What can I use in place of cream ?
Try full cream milk.
try blending the full cream milk to make it ticker
I tried it and it was delicious. Thanks for all the yummy recipes:)
Alfredo is my wife’s favourite pasta sauce. I made this for her on Valentine’s day. Followed recipe exactly – turned out brilliantly, and I’m no cook. Thanks.
The best
My daughter loves sphegetti.. Made this instead of the bolgnaise. But substituted the ham with chicken. I have been asked 2 make it again… And soon! Thank u so much. Really appreciate 🙂
I made this last night and it was divine.
Greetings from Namibia! Really looking forward to making this tonight. Since I’m a bacon fanatic 🙂 I might substitute the ham for bacon or add a little smoked ham cream-cheese to the sauce to make it more smoky smiles, however, will try it out first, as it seems creamy and delicious already.