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.
This alfredo sauce is the best and easiest to make!!
This was a delicious sauce! At first I thought it was a bit thin, but as it cooled it thickened. The spice ratio was perfect. I will ne saving this recipe and using it again.
I never write review but…..This is the best Alfredo sauce I have ever had!
Amazing & so simple to make! We will never go back to canned Alfredo sauces.
Great recipe
My family all wanted seconds. That about sums this recipe up.
I made this exactly as written but added maybe a half cup more cheese to make it a little thicker. I have tried to make homemade Alfredo for years and it was never quite right. This was perfect. Be sure to not over cook once the cheese is added. Allow the cheese to melt of of the heat or your sauce will be grainy
I added an extra 3/4 cup of parmasian cheese (heat off, take off burner, do not melt parm with heat on). Slowly fold in.
This was a great recipe adding jumbo shrimp and pan seared scallops in wine on side. I also made think Artesian Garlic bread to dip in sauce and pick all that yummy stuff off the plate.
Men, this is “definitely” a must for the dinner table on a date with your honey. Easy to make and my honey was very, very satisfied! I was happily rewarded for my efforts.. Smile.
This was an amazing recipe. A lot of previous recipes took me forever to make and even then they were “off”. Not only was it delicious with a great texture, but it was simple to make and stayed delicious even once cooled down. 15/10 would recommend to anyone and everyone.
Your recipe was a perfect base for my pasta dish. I added sausage, red pepper and fresh basil. Excellent. Thank you!!!!
I make this recipe regularly. I also make in big batches and freeze in quart size freezer bags. While fresh is the best – this busy mom loves to take it out of the freezer for instant good meal quickly.
Also – for an added quick tip – run by Jimmy Johns and purchase their “day old bread” for $.50. Make your butter spread up, spread it over a lengthwise (long) cut piece of bread, wrap it up good in Saran Wrap and freezer bag. (You can certainly do this fresh too!) Homemade garlic bread to go with your Alfredo.
can i add capers at the end after it sets up to add a little extra tang?
Yes! 🙂