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:

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

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.

homemade alfredo sauce recipe

If you love making your own pasta sauce at home, be sure to try out my Easy Homemade Pesto as well!

Enjoy!

~Nichole

4.99 from 3753 votes

Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce

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!
Prep 5 minutes
Cook 5 minutes
Total 10 minutes
Servings 2 Cups

Ingredients 

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

Calories: 535kcal, Carbohydrates: 10g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
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1,892 Comments

  1. Love the creaminess and texture of this recipe. I used salted butter. I think between the butter and Parmesan cheese the sauce was way too salty!!! I would suggest adding salt at the end.

  2. 5 stars
    Thank you for this recipe! This is rich and definitely not an everyday meal, but easy, delicious and worth a splurge.
    I liked the garlic flavor and cooked it in the butter first. I added shredded rotisserie chicken breast and made enough pasta to get a good coating of sauce but not swimming.
    My entire family enjoyed it, including two of us who aren’t alfredo sauce people.

  3. 5 stars
    My high school son had to find a recipe and make the family dinner as part of one of his classes.
    He made it exactly as directed and it was delicious! He was so proud of himself 🙂 Definitely will be a constant on the menu at our house and what’s even better is that HE can make it! Thanks.

  4. 5 stars
    I cook my garlic in the butter before I add the cream, but otherwise I make it as written, with sides of broccoli and garlic bread. It tastes great, it thickens up nicely and best of all, it’s quick and easy. I wish we could make it more often, but it’s not the healthiest thing ever. It’s my daughter’s new favorite dish. Thanks!

  5. 5 stars
    Try his is the best Alfredo sauce I e ever had, and the first time I’ve made any. We used margarine instead of butter, but it worked really well. Put in rotisserie chicken and poured over egg noodles. Definitely will make this again.