You guys! Today is February 14. Valentine's Day. Now if you're in a scramble and you're
like: "What am I gonna do for food tonight? We can't get dinner reservations, it's
too late!" Well, don't worry. I have the answer for you.
So obviously I'm in a kitchen. And the majority of you are like, "Oh yeah, I'm a
great cook!" Well, I was not one of you. And, I kind of still am not a great cook but
I really try because I enjoy cooking now. So what happened was I was on maternity
leave and I had this woomp of like: I'm gonna become a cook! So, my favorite
things that seriously led me into loving to cook was a food processor I bought. I
use it so much. A food chopper. It's kind of like an onion chopper, but you can
chop anything in this thing. It is seriously life-changing when I say it's
life-changing. And last but not least, Tip Hero. Tip Hero,
you are my hero. Okay I started following them on Instagram,
and they had all these recipes that they would just like do really quick. Oh my
gosh, I can do that! And then I went on their website and they had all these recipes, and
it just helped so much, for like a cook that's not a great cook, it was great for
me. So this is actually one of their recipes—homemade alfredo sauce! So again,
this is so easy. And tonight—hey look, husband, I'm an amazing cook! Woah, homemade
alfredo sauce! Yeah! Yeah! We're gonna just dominate the world, guys. Okay, so here we go. This
is, this is the recipe. So turn on your, I was about to say oven . . . it's the stove, turn on
the stove. To like, eh medium-ish? You're gonna like my cooking, guys. Medium-ish!
Then you're gonna do six tablespoons of butter.
I love melting butter. One of my favorite parts of cooking. It's just kind of weirdly
satisfying. So now once the butter is melted, then you're gonna add some garlic,
two or three cloves. I always do three just because I love garlic. And you're gonna
cook that up. Ah. It's going to start to smell delicious. Then you're gonna add
your milk, and it's gonna be a cup and a half of milk. This can be whole milk for
all you crazy people out there, skim milk for all you skinny people out
there. Just stir it around there, guys. Got your milk there. And then you're gonna
add some flour. So this will be two to three tablespoons. I always go big with
the measurements, so always three tablespoons. So you're gonna stir all
that together. So you got your milk, your flour, and then you're gonna add your
cheeses. Here is where I switch to a whisk. And I pulled out this very sad whisk . . .
so let me get—I think I have a better one. This guy. This guy will do the
job! So then you're gonna whisk in. Ah, see? Whisking. Okay,
so then as you whisk you're gonna add in 2/3 cup of Parmesan cheese and
then 1/2 a cup of Romano cheese but if you don't have that then you can just do
another 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese. And that's what I do sometimes too. So what's
gonna happen is it's gonna seem really liquidy at first, but make sure it
simmers, keep whisking, and then it's gonna thicken up. So as you can see, it's
already pretty thick now, which is very, very encouraging. Okay, so once it gets to a
pretty good consistency where you think: "Hey, that looks like alfredo sauce." (We're
not professional cooks here, people. So, you just kind of guess.) What you're gonna
do is you're gonna get some salt. I always do a couple of pinches of salt, and then
some pepper. I like with the sauce where I can actually visually see a ton of
pepper because I just know that's gonna mean good flavor. So you guys, that's it! And
you can just boil some noodles, and it is seriously, it is so good. It is, I can't
even, I can't even tell you what the kitchen smells like right now. It's
delicious. So, what you can do is you can just serve immediately. Or what I'm gonna
do, I'm gonna cheat and keep this sauce for myself.
Selfish sauce, sauce-erita? Me. Yes, that's right. I have a ton of mason jars, so
what I'll do sometimes is double this recipe and put it in mason jars so I have them
for like the next week or so. So, that's it you guys! Easy, super easy homemade
alfredo sauce. Comment below on what you're making this week. Would love to
hear. And all the fun kitchen gadgets that I talked about will be linked below.
So make sure to check those out. So again, you guys, happy Valentine's Day! Enjoy
your night, and enjoy your pasta!