If there’s one woman whose advice is as good as gospel in the kitchen, it’s Martha Stewart. Martha’s mastery of all things cooking and baking is largely unmatched — so the moment she drops some knowledge, we lean in to listen.
We recently came upon a resurfaced clip of Martha making her signature fettuccine Alfredo, and it’s surprisingly controversial. Instead of using a skillet to simmer heavy cream with Parmesan, she makes Alfredo sauce using a stand mixer. In fact, she skips cream altogether (traditional recipes don’t call for it!) and only uses three easy-to-find ingredients that you might even have on hand already.
She starts by adding one pound of fettuccine to boiling salted water. Then, in a stand mixer, she beats together a half-pound of unsalted butter and a half-pound (!!) of grated Parmesan with a pinch of pepper until it’s nice and creamy.
Before draining the pasta, she scoops out a cup of the cooking water to use for the sauce. The cooked and drained fettuccine gets added directly to the bowl of the stand mixer to get tossed with the fluffy butter-Parm mixture. And the pasta water is added, little by little, to loosen up the sauce. That’s it! She dumps it into a serving dish, then tops it with a little extra grated cheese.
“Now I’m wondering why I haven’t eaten fettuccine Alfredo in years? It was my childhood go-to,” commented one fan. “My all-time comfort meal. It’s good for the soul,” said another. “Looks amazing and easy!” added a third. We can’t wait to try the method for ourselves soon!