Alfredo Di Lelio invented this wonderful fettuccine dish, which used to call them "blonde heads". He modified the dish adding more butter and Parmesan cheese to the classic fettuccine with butter, for his wife who lost her appetite during the pregnancy. Later, she asked Alfredo to add the new recipe on the menu of his restaurant at Via della Scrofa in Rome. In 1920 he had two famous actors from Hollywood visiting his restaurant, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, who happened to be in Rome for their honeymoon. The two actors appreciated the fettuccine Alfredo so much, and reproduced the dish when returned home, for their friends. Alfredo sold the restaurant in 1943, which is still in the same location, and opened another in 1950 with his son, "Il vero Alfredo ". Fettuccine Alfredo captured the palate of two generations of Americans, in Rome during the twenties and after war II, Alfredo was one of the favorite destinations for the American stars of the Roaring Twenties and then the patrons of the Roman Dolce Vita, the Roman Holiday by Fellini, thus contributing to the success of this dish!
The Original Recipe
Ingredients;
400 gr. Fettuccine
250 gr. Butter
350 gr. Parmesan Cheese
Black Pepper to tate
Salt to taste
Nutmeg to taste
