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How do I add back in the taste and fat to low fat alfredo sauce?

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    by not making low fat alfredo sauce? – SourDoh Mar 17 '14 at 17:56
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    Is there perhaps a typo in your question? Are you really trying to add fat back in to low fat sauce? (Maybe you meant the taste *of* fat?) – Cascabel Mar 17 '14 at 18:05
  • The lipid hypothesis has been disproven, so there's no reason to suffer through a low-fat alfredo sauce. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid_hypothesis, http://www.thincs.org/WAPF2003.htm – goblinbox Jul 31 '15 at 19:31

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Generally lowfat sauces use tricks to get texture and some semblance of flavour. Starches and thickeners give the illusion of richness, while vast quantities of salt somewhat mask the lack of cheese and butter. Anyone with half a palette can tell at first taste though.

Make it seldom, but make it properly.

Satanicpuppy
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    And due to these adaptations to make up for the lack of richness, if you add the fat back in, it would probably end up weird. – SourDoh Mar 17 '14 at 18:45
  • @sourd'oh: It'd certainly need work...I'd expect it to break if you added much of anything. since the proportions would have to be finiky. – Satanicpuppy Mar 18 '14 at 12:04
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Throw out the low-fat sauce. Make alfredo.

Alfredo is a very, very simple sauce at its heart. Most recipes consist essentially only of two or three ingredients such as cream, butter, and parmesan, perhaps with some garlic or pepper.

So if you don't have low-fat restrictions, don't use a low fat version as a base. Just make the sauce from your recipe of choice.

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Try brightening the flavor by using herbs and flavors that go well with a cream base. Use your low fat sauce as the creamy background to highlight fresh chives, basil or lemon zest - or all three. Try adding sautéed mushrooms to the recipe if they're not already in it or top the dish with a light drizzle of truffle oil. And Aleppo pepper is a fabulous way to heighten flavor and add some zip. (My favorite brand is Penzey's.)

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    While this advise might results in a better tasting sauce, it would not be what most people would consider an alfredo. – SAJ14SAJ Mar 19 '14 at 18:24