Fettuccine Alfredo: Difference between revisions

| associated_cuisine = [[Italian cuisine|Italian]], [[Italian-American cuisine|Italian-American]]

'''Fettuccine Alfredo''' ({{IPA-it|fettut'tʃiːne alˈfreːdo|lang}})<ref>[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english/fettuccine "fettuccine"] at ''[[Collins Dictionary]]'', accessed 2016-11-22 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131010134045/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english/fettuccine archive])</ref> or '''''fettuccine al burro''''' ({{literally|fettuccine with butter}})<ref>{{Cite news |last=Amore |first=Katia |date=2014-10-13 |title=Fettuccine al Burro or Fettuccine Alfredo |language=en |work=ITALY Magazine |url=http://www.italymagazine.com/recipe/fettuccine-al-burro-or-fettuccine-alfredo |access-date=2018-03-15}}</ref> is an [[Italian-American cuisine|Italian-American]] [[pasta]] dish of [[Pasta#Fresh|fresh]] [[fettuccine]] tossed with [[butter]] and [[Parmesan]] (''pasta burro e parmigiano'').<ref name="cb72">{{harvnb|Carnacina|Buonassisi|1975|pp=72–73}}</ref><ref name="root" /><ref name="zafferano" /> As the cheese melts, it [[emulsifies]] the liquids to form a smooth and rich [[cheese sauce]] coating the pasta.<ref name="cb72" /> The dish is named after Alfredo Di Lelio, who featured the dish at his restaurant in [[Rome, Italy|Rome]] in the early to mid-20th century; the "ceremony" of preparing it [[Gueridon service|tableside]] was an integral part of the dish.<ref name="cb72" /><ref name="downie">{{harvnb|Downie|2011|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=yvMf8Y4TWSoC&pg=PA106 106]}}</ref>

The dish became widespread and eventually spread to the United States, where it remains popular. The recipe has changed, and its commercialized version—with [[heavy cream]] and other ingredients—is now ubiquitous. In the U.S., it is often served as a [[main course]], sometimes garnished with chicken or other ingredients. In Italy, meanwhile, ''fettuccine al burro'' is generally considered home cooking,<ref name="downie" /> and fettuccine Alfredo is widely scoffed at by Italian writers.<ref>Andrea{{Cite Cuomo,web "|date=2015-04-11 |title=Arriva la pasta frettolosa che non si deve scolare", ''il Giornale'', [|url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/arriva-pasta-frettolosa-che-non-si-deve-scolare-1115281.html April|access-date=2024-04-16 11,|website=ilGiornale.it 2015]|language=it}}</ref>