Fettuccine With Mascarpone and Basil
"Is your garden producing more basil than you know what to do with? Here's the simplest sauce ever to make good use of some of it. Nothing easier, and it's delicious."
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb fresh fettuccine
- 3⁄4 cup heavy cream, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup mascarpone cheese, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 2⁄3 cup packed fresh basil leaf, washed well, spun dry, and sliced thin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
directions
- Boil pasta in plenty of boiling, salted water until al dente.
- While it is boiling, rinse a heatproof serving bowl under hot water to warm it and dry bowl.
- In warm bowl, whisk together cream, cheeses, basil, nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste.
- Drain cooked pasta and add to bowl with the sauce.
- Toss well.
- Serve immediately.
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this is a quick easy week night dinner that my dd enjoyed, and she hates everything! very similar to alfredo sauce but lower in fat due to the cheese, i'm sure. i used basil from my garden, this was ready in under 30 minutes.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
