Alfredo Sauce (Vegetarian)

I'm a newbie in alfredo sauce making. But it turned out pretty good :)

PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes or more
YIELDS: 4-6 servings

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup or less butter
2/3 cup or more heavy cream (can be heavy whipping cream)
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
a pinch of pepper
fettuccine noodles, gnocchi, or any other pasta noodles

1. Cook the fettuccine, gnocchi, or other noodles according to the package direction. Fettuccine or pasta noodles usually takes me 12-20 minutes to cook in boiling water (with a pinch of salt). Gnocchi would take from 2-10 minutes to cook (with a pinch of salt as well). When all the gnocchis are floating on the top of the water surface, they are ready.
2. Heat and melt the butter in a sauce pan.
3. Mix the heavy cream with the melted butter in the sauce pan and start stirring to prevent burning and sticking. Turn the oven to low heat.
   
4. Add the parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper into the sauce pan. Keep stirring until everything is mixed smoothly and blended.
   
5. Remove the sauce pan from the heat. Add the noodles into the sauce pan to toss until the noodles seem well-coated with the sauce.

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Ingrid's words of advice:

• The more heavy cream, the more watery the sauce is. So you can add more heavy cream if you like more watery sauce.
• Remember to use low heat and stir! You don't want to have burnt alfredo sauce...

(Other Keywords: vegetarian, dairy, main entree, main dish, Italian)