Alfredo Cream Sauce
Pasta with Panna Sauce isn't that hard to make. With just a few simple ingredients, you too can make this alfredo cream sauce to put over spaghetti, penne or linguini pasta.
Servings: 4
Calories: 539kcal
Ingredients
Sauce
- 300 ml of 35% cream full fat cream
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 cup green peas optional
- 2 tbsp of butter
- pepper to taste
Pasta
- 1 package spaghetti/linguini pasta
Other
- 4 slices of prosciutto cut up into squares
Instructions
- Pasta
- Boil pasta as per package directions and remove from water when it is "al dente".
- Drain pasta over colander and pour back into pot while you make the alfredo sauce.
- Sauce
- On medium heat in a small saucepan on cook the the prosciutto until it is crispy.
- Add cream, butter and parmesan cheese.
- Stir continuously and bring to boil.
- Add green peas, stir and simmer for 5 minutes.
- This sauce should thicken slightly.
- Add pepper to taste.
- Pour the sauce over the pasta and mix thoroughly.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
You can also cook the prosciutto and alfredo sauce in a large skillet. Then when the pasta is cooked al dente, transfer the pasta into the skillet and mix with sauce to finishing the cooking process.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/4 of Dish | Calories: 539kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 128mg | Sodium: 982mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g