Best-Ever Pasta with Butter and Parmesan Cheese

Name: Best-Ever Pasta with Butter and Parmesan Cheese
Yield: Serves 1 to 2
Ingredients: 2 quarts, water; 4 ounces, fettuccine or other long-strand pasta; 1½ teaspoons, table salt; ½ cup, grated Parmesan cheese, plus extra for serving; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter; Pinch, pepper (optional)

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Just a few ingredients turn into perfect creamy, cheesy pasta that kids will love to make (and eat!).

SERVES1 to 2

TIME30 minutes

WHAT KIDS ARE SAYING"It was really easy but tasted yummy! Even my sister was impressed I cooked it alone!" —Paul, recipe tester, age 12

Best-Ever Pasta with Butter and Parmesan Cheese

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Pasta with just butter and cheese might seem simple, but it actually has a fancy name when served in restaurants—fettuccine alfredo. When the Parmesan cheese, butter, and reserved pasta cooking water are stirred into the just-drained fettuc...

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