fettuccine

{{Short description|Type of pasta}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox food

| name = Fettuccine

| image = Fettucine1.JPG

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Fresh, uncooked fettuccine

| alternate_name = {{lang|it|Fettucce}} (wider), {{lang|it|fettuccelle}} (narrower)

| country = Italy

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| course =

| type = Pasta

| served =

| main_ingredient = Durum wheat flour, eggs

| variations =

}}

Fettuccine{{efn|{{IPAc-en|,|f|E|t|ə|'|tS|i:|n|i}} {{respell|fet|ə|CHEE|nee}}, {{IPAc-en|UKalso|,|f|E|t|U|-}} {{respell|fet|uu|-}}{{Cite OED|term=fettuccine|id=7286818920|access-date=2024-03-19}}}}{{efn|{{IPA|it|fettutˈtʃiːne|lang}}; {{literally|little ribbons}}; {{singular}} {{lang|it|fettuccina}}}} is a type of pasta popular in Roman cuisine. It is descended from the extremely thin {{lang|it|capelli d'angelo}} of the Renaissance,{{cite book|first=Oretta|last=Zanini De Vita|url={{GBurl|id=D5nXAbSifIgC}}|title=Encyclopedia of Pasta|page=103|volume=26|series=California Studies in Food and Culture|publisher=University of California Press|date=15 October 2009|isbn=978-0-520-94471-8}} but is a flat, thick pasta traditionally made of egg and flour (usually one egg for every {{convert|100|g|oz|disp=or}} of flour). At about {{convert|1/4|inch|mm|round=0.5|abbr=in|order=flip}}, it is wider and thicker than, but similar to, the tagliatelle typical of Bologna,{{Cite book|title=Géométrie de la pasta|last=Hildebrand|first=Caz|publisher=Marabout|others=Kenedy, Jacob., Salsa, Patrice|language=fr|year=2011|isbn=978-2-501-07244-1|location=Paris|page=100|oclc=762599005}}{{sfn|Boni|1983|p=44}} which are more common elsewhere in Italy and is often used as a synonym. Spinach fettuccine is made from spinach, flour and eggs.

The terms {{lang|it|fettucce}} and {{lang|it|fettuccelle}} are often used as synonyms for this pasta, but the former term is more precisely used for wider (about {{convert|1/2|inch|mm|abbr=in|order=flip|disp=or}}) and the latter for narrower (about {{convert|1/8|inch|mm|0|abbr=in|order=flip|disp=or}}) forms of the same pasta.{{Cite web|first=Marc|last=Gottlieb|url=https://cooking.marcgottlieb.com/glossary-term/fettucce-fettuccelle/|title = Fettucce; fettuccelle|website=culinart kosher|date=July 19, 2011}}

Fettuccine is often classically eaten with {{lang|it|sugo d'umido}} ('beef ragù') or {{lang|it|ragù di pollo}} ('chicken ragù').{{sfn|Boni|1983|p=44}} A famous dish made with fettuccine is fettuccine Alfredo, a simple dish of pasta, Parmesan cheese and butter which was created and named at a restaurant in Rome in the early 20th century as a tableside "performance".{{Cite book |last=Downie |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvMf8Y4TWSoC |title=Cooking the Roman Way: Authentic Recipes from the Home Cooks and Trattorias of Rome |date=2011-02-01 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=978-0-06-203109-9 |language=en}} It is popular in the United States, where it is made with cream, although almost unknown in Italy.{{Cite web|first=Michael|last=Kovnick|url=https://www.culturediscovery.com/blog/culture/alfredo-sauce-americans/|title = Who is Alfredo Sauce, and why do Americans keep asking about him?|website=Culture Discovery|date = 24 March 2010}}{{Cite web |last=Cesari |first=Luca |date=2023-09-24 |title=Lo strano caso delle Fettuccine Alfredo, il piatto quasi sconosciuto in Italia e famoso negli Usa |trans-title=The strange case of Fettuccine Alfredo, the dish almost unknown in Italy and famous in the USA |url=https://www.gamberorosso.it/notizie/la-storia-delle-fettuccine-alfredo/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Gambero Rosso |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2017-02-07 |title=Alfredo Di Lelio e la storia delle Fettuccine Alfredo diventate famose in tutto il mondo|url=https://reportergourmet.com/59059/alfredo-di-lelio-e-la-storia-delle-fettuccine-diventate-famose-in-tutto-il-mondo.html |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Reporter Gourmet |language=it-IT}}{{sfn|Carnacina|Buonassisi|1975|pp=72–73}}

Fettuccine is traditionally made fresh (either at home or commercially), but dried fettuccine can also be bought in stores.