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.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
It was both simple and delicious.
Delicious and fresh!
My son and I are on a high protein/low carb diet so, I prepared pan fried boneless, skinless chicken thighs and ravioli. Although he and I could not eat the ravioli, this sauce, over the chicken was delicious!! And the family loved it on their pasta and a big salad completed the meal. It is the best alfredo sauce recipe.
The best one I’ve ever made. Served with grilled chicken. Chefs kiss!
My first time making homemade fettuccine noodles. I think I picked the best recipe for my first. It’s amazing, thank you. I’m thinking how is the best way to turn this into Cajun for shrimp & chicken added in…mmmm
I did it slightly in a different order. After the butter I put the garlic in first and sear it to give it that smoky roasted flavor.
Wow. Made this for my wife and kids. Doubled up🔥❤️ Thank you it was delicious. 💯
I will NEVER buy pre-made Alfredo sauce ever again! This is beyond delicious!!!
The quickest and best tasting alfredo sauce. 1000x better than the jarred sauce and took maybe 10 minutes and was amazing. Saving this recipe for anytime I make alfredo! Added cajun chicken with this. 10 out of 10!
This is the easiest Alfredo sauce I have ever made. It tasted great. A keeper!
So good!! I will never buy jarred Alfredo again.