Things You'll Need:
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Parsley
- Romano cheese
- Olive oil
- Heavy cream
- Butter
- Nutmeg (optional)
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Step 1
Visit your local grocery store and purchase the olive oil, nutmeg (if desired), salt and ground black pepper. If you have a pepper mill, you can purchase whole peppercorns and grind them as you prepare the sauce. You can also substitute white pepper to give the Alfredo sauce a milder flavor.
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Step 2
Choose your parsley. Dried parsley, which is available in the spice aisle, is fine for this dish, but fresh parsley will work as well. This is available in the produce section and comes in both flat leaf and Italian, or curly, varieties.
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Step 3
Locate the butter and heavy cream in the store's refrigerated section. For each pound of pasta, you will need about a quart of heavy cream.
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Step 4
Select your cheese. Grated Romano cheese produces a milder flavor in the alfredo sauce, but you can use Parmesan cheese as well. Using Parmesan cheese produces a sweeter, more pronounced flavor. Parmesan cheese is available in grated or shredded in the store's refrigerated section.
