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Alfredo, and Who on Earth Was He?

If you ask for pasta with Alfredo sauce at aWho was Alfredo then? Alfredo di Lelio, this
restaurant in Italy all you get from yourwas his full name, was an inspired cook who
waiter is a stare. Why is one of the mostproposed this new exciting dish in the
famous "Italian sauces" for pasta unknown inrestaurant he opened in Rome in 1914. It was
its country of origin? The answer is simple:a high gourmet preparation in the Roman
because in Italy an Alfredo "sauce" doesn'ttradition of simplicity. Apparently he
exist.created his Fettuccine all'Alfredo when his
wife lost her appetite during her pregnancy.
Yes, Italians make a dish of pasta,To bring back her appetite he prepared for
fettuccine dressed with nothing else thanher a nutritious dish of egg fettuccine with
good aged parmigiano cheese and a lot ofparmigiano cheese and butter. That probably
butter, but is such a simple preparation thatgave him the idea for his "triple butter"
Italians  don't  even consider it a "recipe".fettuccine.
Waverly Root in his famous book "The Food ofHe was an extravagant character who used to
Italy" (New York, 1971) wrote: "FETTUCCINE ALpersonally serve his paper-thin fettuccine
BURRO is associated in every tourist's mindwith golden forks, apparently donated to him
with Rome, possibly because the originalby Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, the
Alfredo succeeded in making its serving afamous silent movie stars. In the fifties and
spectacle reminiscent of grand opera. It issixties, Hollywood discovered Rome. Paparazzi
the same ribbon shaped egg pasta tat isphotographers took photos of actors such as
called tagliatelle in Bologna; but the alTyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Richard Burton,
burro preparation is very Roman indeed in itsLiz Taylor, or Sophia Loren in front of a
rich simplicity. Nothing is added to theplate of Fettuccine all'Alfredo, making his
pasta except grated cheese and butter - lotsrestaurant famous all around the world. The
of butter. The recipe calls for doppio burro,restaurant is now run buy his grandson, and
double butter, which gives it a goldenthe golden forks are still used to serve this
color."dish for special occasions.



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