Description
Cottage cheese fettuccine alfredo offers a healthier twist on classic Italian comfort cuisine. Creamy, protein-packed sauce cascades over tender pasta, delivering rich flavor without heavy cream while satisfying pasta cravings with a lighter nutritional profile you’ll love.
Ingredients
Scale
Main ingredients:
- 10 ounces (280 grams) fettuccine pasta
- 1 cup (225 grams) cottage cheese
- ½ cup (120 milliliters) milk
- ¼ cup (25 grams) parmesan cheese
Seasonings and flavor enhancers:
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Salt to taste
Garnish:
- Grated parmesan cheese
- Fresh parsley
Instructions
- Prepare fettuccine in generously salted water, cooking until tender yet firm, following package instructions for precise timing.
- Melt butter with minced garlic in microwave, creating an aromatic infusion that will enhance the sauce’s depth of flavor.
- Transfer cottage cheese into blender, combining it with melted garlic-butter mixture, grated parmesan, milk, and freshly cracked black pepper.
- Pulverize ingredients in blender until achieving a silky, uniform consistency with no visible cheese chunks.
- Evaluate sauce’s seasoning, incorporating additional salt if necessary to balance the creamy profile.
- Drain pasta, allowing residual heat to dissipate momentarily, preventing sauce from becoming overly thin.
- Cascade blended alfredo sauce over fettuccine, gently folding to ensure comprehensive coating of each pasta strand.
- Perform final flavor assessment, adjusting seasoning with subtle salt and pepper increments if required.
- Embellish dish with delicate sprinkles of parmesan cheese and finely chopped parsley, transforming presentation from simple to elegant.
- Serve immediately, preserving the sauce’s luxurious temperature and creamy texture for optimal dining experience.
Notes
- Simplify sauce-making by microwaving garlic and butter, eliminating extra pan cleanup and reducing kitchen time.
- Blend cottage cheese with parmesan and milk creates a lighter, protein-packed alternative to traditional heavy cream-based Alfredo.
- Letting pasta rest before mixing with sauce helps prevent sauce separation and ensures better sauce absorption for a more flavorful dish.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Lunch
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 52 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg