Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce is rich, creamy, and packed with garlic parmesan flavor! This Alfredo Sauce is easy to make and perfect with your favorite pasta!
Alfredo Sauce:
Alfredo sauce is one of my favorite things to have with a big bowl of pasta! It’s a very rich and indulgent treat for dinner. I also love that it only takes about 5-10 minutes to whip up a batch! This recipe will yield about two cups of sauce total. It can easily be doubled if you are feeding a crowd or want extra for later. The bottled Alfredo just doesn’t compare to this delicious homemade version! If you love cooking from scratch, make some of this Homemade Pasta to go along with your sauce!
What is Alfredo Sauce?
Traditional Alfredo is a simple white/cream sauce. It is made from butter, heavy cream, and parmesan cheese. While the original style is great, I simply like to add garlic, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning to make Alfredo sauce taste even better!
How to Make Alfredo Sauce:
- The first step to making Alfredo is to warm your butter and cream in a large saucepan over low heat. You will let it simmer (but not boil) for about 2 minutes.
- Next, you will whisk in your garlic and seasonings. Whisking constantly for about one minute just to let the garlic cook.
- Lastly, you will add your parmesan cheese and stir just until the cheese has melted and your sauce is smooth.
Note that it is best to use freshly grated parmesan cheese right off of the block so that your sauce isn’t grainy. I do not recommend using the “shaker” style container grated cheese for this recipe.
The Parmesan will thicken this sauce up. If it isn’t quite thick enough, allow the sauce to stand for 2-3 minutes before serving.
If you love making your own pasta sauce at home, be sure to try out my Easy Homemade Pesto as well!
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Butter
- 1 1/2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 Teaspoons Garlic Minced
- 1/2 Teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 Teaspoon Pepper
- 2 Cups Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Add the butter and cream to a large skillet.
- Simmer over low heat for 2 minutes.
- Whisk in the garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper for one minute.
- Whisk in the parmesan cheese until melted.
- Serve immediately.
I made this tonight for my family and there was smiles all around. Super easy recipe to make and it turned out perfect. I will be making this again
Hi, so pre-packaged Parmesan Won’t work
It will “work” but it’s definitely recommended to use fresh for best results
I just tried this recipe and smells amazing got my house smelling amazing
Made this for dinner it was absolutely delicious will be making it again
Best. Alfredo. Ever.
I’ve made this sauce probably 20 times now and it’s become my Husband’s fav! The key is FRESH grated Parmigiano Reggiano! I can’t stress that enough! Yes, it’s a little expensive, but SOOO worth it! We’ve found that at least doubling the amount of cheese the recipe calls for makes for a mouth-watering sauce! Also, we get a rotisserie chicken from Publix, pull apart and shred as much as we wan and add it to the sauce at the end. Sooooo good!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for this recipe!!
How many people can this feed? What should I do if I want to feed 6 people?
This is enough sauce for 1 pound of pasta which should easily feed 4-6 people. Of course you can always double the recipe if you wish 🙂
The best Alfredo Sauce on the planet! I’ll never eat store bought again.
I agree! I could never eat store bought Alfredo again after making this! It’s so worth the time and effort! Totally restaurant quality! I do like to double the amount of cheese the recipe calls for though! :):)
Super easy, super fast, super tasty. Used it with smoked salmon over fresh fettuccine and it was a definite hit!
VERY easy to make and SO delicious!
Made this tonight. Fast and easy. Got a thumbs up from both kids and the hubby.
I have made this recipe dozens of times and it always turns out great! I usually add extra Italian seasoning though 🙂
How long do you think this could be stored in the fridge for? With the dairy I expect not too long, but as a single person living alone 4 cups of sauce is a *bit* much for a single meal!
3-4 days for best results :). You could also try cutting the recipe in half for yourself!
Hey, I made this a week ago and it was amazing. Only problem was, I felt it was too runny. Should it be thicker like you’d get at a restaurant or is it made to be thin and runny? Do you have a tip on how to make it thicker if so?
Hi! Yes, it should be thick. You can allow it to simmer a little bit longer next time, and it also thickens a little more after standing 1-2 minutes. Hope that helps 🙂