How to Use fettuccine in a Sentence

fettuccine

noun
Definition of fettuccinenext
  • Add the fettuccine and favas and, with tongs, toss the pasta in the sauce to coat.
    — Jessica Battilana, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2019
  • The next page includes a recipe for fresh fettuccine dressed in a lemon and cream sauce.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Add the pasta and chopped herbs to the pan; toss long enough to coat the fettuccine and distribute the herbs evenly.
    — Bonnie S. Benwick, The Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Add the fettuccine that has been cooked in well salted water and toss.
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Out front, a chalkboard displayed the day’s menu, and back in the kitchen, a chef wearing a mask and gloves had just made the pappardelle and fettuccine.
    — Washington Post, 20 May 2020
  • In our fettuccine with with pesto cream sauce, the peppers are roasted before being added to the dish.
    — Saveur, 28 July 2014
  • There is no big Christmas feast, just some sad fettuccine being eaten on the eve of.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • There is no big Christmas feast, just some sad fettuccine being eaten on the eve of.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 20 Nov. 2023
  • One such menu item is the Squid ink fettuccine with lobster, shrimp and fra diavolo sauce.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • The final photo The Kardashians star shared showed a plate of the hand cut fettuccine swimming in a meaty-looking red sauce.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The spaghetti clumped together more than the fettuccine, but this did not impact the pasta’s taste.
    — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • After trimming the ends, use a vegetable peeler to peel lengthwise down the spear for long, fettuccine-like strips.
    — Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 16 Apr. 2022
  • There is also fresh lobster with creamy tarragon sauce and beurre blanc (a French butter sauce) on a bed of fettuccine.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • There was the handmade fettuccine swirled to perfection and topped with a dainty dollop of caviar.
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Included in the kit is a roller, a fettuccine cutter, and a spaghetti cutter.
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2021
  • Add the fettuccine to the boiling water and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
    — Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor, 18 Oct. 2010
  • Rubber flanges surrounded each of the many windows in the VW bus, and the cement that held the rubber flanges melted in the heat, causing the flanges to hang down from all the windows like fettuccine.
    — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Act One could include cheesy gougeres hot from the oven, a refreshing kale salad with green apples and a creamy bowl of handmade fettuccine with ham and a poached egg.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Her main pasta is reginette, a long ribbon-like pasta with fluted edges that’s a little wider than fettuccine.
    — Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
  • The Atlas 150 has rollers to press your dough, plus an attachment that can cut the dough into three noodle shapes: fettuccine, tagliolini, and lasagna.
    — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Lemon, butter, black pepper and parmesan make a light, zesty and lovely sauce for fettuccine or your favorite long noodle.
    — Matt Brooks, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Mainstays include black truffle fettuccine and the omelette, filled with crème fraiche and chives, topped with fingerling potato chips and Kaluga caviar.
    — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
  • To my relief, the machine spat out perfectly formed fettuccine that any Italian nonna would be proud to serve at her table.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2020
  • He was known for his fettuccine with caviar, his pheasant paté and his grand buffets, decorated with sculptures made of butter and ice.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Serving ideas: Pair this with a simple green salad dressed in a mustard vinaigrette, or make double the sauce to serve over a long-noodle pasta, such as fettuccine.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Any hearty pasta shape such as spaghetti, linguine or rigatoni can be used instead of fettuccine.
    — Katy Severson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Old pop-up favorites like casarecce with anchovy and capers and fettuccine with sweet corn and tarragon, among others, may rotate in.
    — Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2023
  • Rosie's Pasta will be at the market with vegan soup bowls, fettuccine and veggie blend spirals.
    — Steve Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Tagliatelle is wider than both linguine and fettuccine, but thinner than pappardelle.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Sauteed garlic and the starchy cohort of pasta cooking water complete just enough of a sauce to coat a slightly thicker noodle like fettuccine.
    — Bonnie S. Benwick, The Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2019

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