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
- ½ Cup Butter
- 1 ½ Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 Teaspoons Garlic Minced
- ½ Teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼ 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.
JUST made this and wow. I'm glad I had all the ingredients on hand because this was perfect. Went great with the stuffed pasta and ham bites.
This is simply the best! I have been sick with the flu so only had shredded Parmesan out of a bag.. I used and added a little milk and it was so good!
I’ll never buy jarred Alfredo again! This was so simple but turned out so delicious!
Simply THE BEST!! I always get so many compliments on this sauce. It’s so delicious and it never gets old! I usually end up having to add a litttle extra heavy cream but that doesn’t take away from the amazing flavor. Chefs kiss.
This is the best tasting easiest alfredo! I never liked making alfredo homemade because people add cream of chicken or flour to make a roux and I don’t like the taste. this taste like authentic italian food alfredo and the easiest’!
It’s delicious!!
Okay! First off, THANK YOU! This recipe is so simple to make but so stinking delicious!! I will never buy Alfredo sauce in a jar EVER AGAIN! I made this for dinner 2 nights in a row it was that good!
Thank you for the recipe. It was very good. I did add the truffle parmesan and black garlic seasoning from epicurian specialty. My 3 year olds were not huge fans but my wife and I loved it!!
Excellent. And oh so quick and easy. I added grilled ribeye on top, salad, and bread with olive oil dipping sauce.
Voila! Husband very satisfied. Thank you.
I made this for dinner last night and it was perfect! I’ve followed other recipes and none have had quite the right flavor. I added grilled chicken and fettuccine directly to the sauce pot at the end to warm everything through. This will be my go to Alfredo recipe from now on.
Wow. Been making Alfredo sauce from everything from Allrecipes to Tasty but NOTHING comes close to this. Simple yet amazing. My son who is super picky about his Alfredo said it was the best we’ve had.
This is sooo good!! Since I found this recipe, I’ve been using it for my chicken Alfredo and my family loves it!
This is soooo good! But it was even better when I added a bit of fresh grated nutmeg at the end.
Simplicity & outstanding‼️
The absolute best! Better than any restaurant Alfredo sauce. I could never go back to the jar kind after making this recipe!
Fantastic! This sauce was a huge hit with my family.