"Fred" > wrote in message et>...
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> The heavy cream. Alfredo is a cream and cheese sauce.
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> Fred
> The Good Gourmet
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Bzzzzt.
Nope.
You're wrong.

Alfredo is NOT a cream sauce.
It is nothing but cheese and butter.
Butter and cheese.
NO CREAM.

Anything with cream sauce might be accurately called "Alfredo Style",
but the real thing, invented in Rome and served at "Alfredo, The
Original of Rome" is nothing but egg noodles, butter and parmagiano
reggiano cheese.

If you add cream, change the cheese, serve it with ziti,
whatever---it's not alfredo.

Real alfredo is nearly impossible to make here in the U.S. because our
butter has less butter fat in it than that in Europe. Even the Danish
butter and Plugra brands they sell here are only slightly fattier than
"typical" U.S. butter.