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Better than Olive Garden Alfredo!

Alfredo is one of life’s great comfort foods. Surprisingly, it is super simple to make and you can create a fettuccine alfredo meal in just 20 minutes that tastes even better than the alfredo you get at the Olive Garden.

Ingredients:

½ stick of butter (8 tbsp)

2 cloves garlic (minced)

2 tbsp all-purpose flour

2 cups heavy cream

½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

½ cup grated Romano cheese

1/8 tsp ground white pepper

Pinch salt

1 pound fettuccine noodles

Directions:

Fill large pot with water and preheat it to boil the fettuccine noodles. When the pot of water starts boiling add the pasta to the water and cook it according to directions.
Melt the butter in a saucepan on medium heat. Add the minced garlic to the melted butter and cook for one minute.
Whisk in the flout to the melted butter and cook for 1 minute while stirring.
Add the heavy cream and continue to stir while the mixture comes up to a light boil. Reduce the heat and stir as it thickens.
Stir in the Parmesan and Romano cheeses into the butter and heavy cream.
Add the white pepper and salt.
Drain the pasta and mix it into the alfredo sauce.
Plate the pasta with alfredo sauce and garnish with parsley and/or add chicken if desired.
Enjoy!

Better than Olive Garden Alfredo!

Olive Garden Breadsticks copycat recipe

Ingredients:

¼ cup white sugar

1 package active dry yeast (2 ¼ tsp of yeast from the bottle)

1 cup of warm water (divided)

3 cups all purpose flour

3 tbsp olive oil

1 egg

½ tsp salt

½ cup melted butter

½ garlic salt

¼ parmesan cheese

Directions:

1.In a bowl mix ½ cup warm water (95 degrees) with yeast and 1 ½ tsp sugar. Let dissolve and sit and proof for 5-10 minutes.

2.Add in flour, remaining sugar, oil, egg, remaining water.

3.Mix in a mixer and then kneed for 3-5 minutes until the dough is smooth and stretchy.

4.Place the dough in a bowl with olive oil. Cover all the outside of dough all over the dough to prevent the dough from drying out while rising. Cover with a damp kitchen cloth and let sit for 40 minutes to double in size.

5.Pound the air out of the dough and place on a floured work area, flatten and cut into approximately 12 pieces.

6.Roll the pieces into long sticks, place on a pan lined with parchment paper and then cover back up to sit and rise for 25 mins.

7.Remove towel and place in oven at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

8.While breadsticks cook add garlic salt to the melted butter and set aside.

9.After breadsticks are done cooking add the garlic butter to the tops of the breadsticks and then sprinkle on the parmesan cheese.

10.Serve and Enjoy!

Zuppa Toscana Soup Olive Garden Copycat Recipe

Whenever I go to the Olive Garden my favorite meal there is the unlimited soup and bread sticks. The very best soup they have is Zuppa Toscana. This Tuscan style soup is delicious and easy to make. Join us as we show you how.

Ingredients:

6 slices of thick bacon chopped up

1 pound Italian sausage (preferably hot sausage)

6 cloves of garlic

1 medium onion

8 cups of chicken broth

4 russet potatoes

1 cup of kale

1 cup of whipping cream (or heavy cream)

Directions:

1.Dice up the onion, set diced onions aside in a bowl.

2. Chop up the garlic cloves and add to the onions.

3. Dice up the bacon and add to the onions.

4. Sauté the onion and bacon mixture in a pot over low heat until the bacon is cooked and the onions are translucent. Once done removed from pot and set aside.

5. Using the same pot, add your Italian sausage and chop up into small spoonful size pieces and cook until brown.

6. While sausage cooks, wash potatoes and cut in half long ways, then slice into half circles, leaving the skin on the potatoes.

7. Add the onions and bacon mixture to the cooked sausage, add the chicken broth and potatoes. Simmer for 30 minutes, then remove from heat to cool for 5 minutes.

8. Add the heavy cream and kale.

9. Serve and Enjoy!