I am super stoked to share with you guys our valentine’s day dinner! I made Seafood Fettuccine Alfredo after getting the idea from my Mom, she told me about how she used to make alfredo sauce with only cream cheese and butter. I kicked my seafood fettuccine alfredo up a bit by starting with a basic roux and I didn’t actually use any parmesan cheese anywhere in the recipe. So I guess it’s not technically “alfredo” sauce without the parmesan cheese – but you get the idea. I was going to call it “Poor-Man’s” Seafood Fettuccine Alfredo, but after buying the scallops and shrimp it was a pretty pricey dinner. However it was lot a cheaper than going out for Valentine’s day!

Seafood Fettuccine Alfredo

Ingredients

473 ml half & half cream
227g light herb & garlic cream cheese
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
fresh fettuccine noodles
1 cup hand peeled shrimp
4 jumbo scallops
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp lemon
Parmesan to top

Directions

1. Over medium heat, mix flour and butter together. Slowly pour in container of half & half cream.
2. Add in container of herb & garlic cream cheese, stir until blended.
3. Boil fresh noodles (they should only take about 3-4 minutes to cook until tender)
4. Add noodles to simmering sauce and reduce heat to low
5. In a separate pan, add butter in garlic over medium high heat
6. Cook shrimp in butter garlic until pink, add to pasta.
7. In the same pan with remaining garlic and butter, sear scallops on each side for 3-4 minutes depending on the size of the scallops.
8. Dish pasta. Top with scallops, parmesan cheese and lemon juice.

I hope you enjoy this Seafood Fettuccine Alfredo recipe! Let me know if how you liked it on my FACEBOOK PAGE and be sure to check out my last recipe HERE.