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.
Fantastic! I made a 1.5 batch for my family of 5. My picky 2 and 3 yo gobbled it up. I followed recipe to a T and added left over shredded chicken from a whole chicken I made in the Instant Pot yesterday. Will definitely make this again. Thank you for a spectacular recipe!
I have made this recipe many times now and it’s the only Alfredo I’ll make now! Delicious!
(I don’t use quite as much garlic or salt as is called for, usually about half; I’m sure it would be just fine with more of either, but it’s also fine with less, so I opt for that ‘version’.)
I made this alfredo sauce tonight and it was a hit everybody told me that it was probably one of the best Alfredo sauces that they ever had and it’s one of the top 10 on my list as well
Used the cheap parmesan and this was still an amazing recipe. Added red pepper flakes for some spice. Super easy to make. The recipe made enough for a box of noodles. Can’t wait to make it again!
Can I use 2% milk?
Yes, it just won’t be quite as thick 🙂
Super delicious, thanks! The only note is that I would not use a skillet, just a regular saucepan. This was so good that even though my husband and I weren’t that hungry, we each had seconds of pasta.
it was a bit too clumpy so i added some whole milk and it looked perfect. maybe it looked to clumpy because of my own mistakes but i would strongly recommend adding whole milk if it does get too clumpy! other than that the recipe wasone of the best i have made!
Can this sauce be made a day ahead? I’m making Italian for a wedding rehearsal dinner and I’m trying to find a homemade alfredo sauce so I don’t have as much work the day of???
Hi, yes you can and you will want to reheat it on low. However, it really is best if made and eaten the same day
This was my second time making this sauce. I loved it!! It’s a great blueprint for a white sauce. Yummy on it’s own or dressed up with a few things too. I make this and add sautéed shallots with the garlic. Then warm the cream and butter. Once the cheese is all melted my sauce is ready and I add the pasta. I toss in some sun dried tomatoes and heavy coat of black pepper. Best dinner ever!! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
So yummy, great consistency and very flavorful! It was a hit – and I’m not a cook! 🙂
I lost a lot of my recipes while cleaning my computer, and this is one recipes that was deleted! I am so happy I was able to find this recipe! I WILL never use canned Alfredo sauce again!
Amazingly easy to make and my 4yrs old picky eater even enjoyed it. I’ve made it with chicken and with shrimp both wee an absolute hit! Thanks for sharing!
Why anyone would open a jar when this is so simple is a mystery. Simple and fabulous!
My family loves this sauce and I make it all the time. Just a few ingredients are needed and it’s not hard to make. Sometimes I add sauteed spinach or chick strips (a vegetarian substitute for chicken). Thank you for sharing it!!
Licked the plate clean. Thank you very much