Fettuccine (pron; literally `little ribbons` in Italian) is a type of pasta popular in Roman cuisine. It is a flat thick noodle made of egg and flour (usually one egg for every 100 g of flour), wider than but similar to the tagliatelle typical of Bologna. It is often eaten with sugo d`umido (beef ragù) and ragù di pollo (chicken ragù). Fettu...... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fettuccine