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.
Could I use Half N Half if I don’t have heavy cream?
Yes, you can it just might not be quite as thick but it will still taste delish! 🙂
How much pasta is this recipe intended for?
One Pound
Taste was great but sauce too thick. What did I do wrong?
Hi I just made it and I slowly added the cheese. I ended up only using 1 1/2 cups of cheese as it was thick enough.
Does this heat up ok next day? I’m making it for a potluck type lunch? I would make it the night before and then bring it in cold to heat in the microwave (sadly the only reheat option)
This is SO good and easy! I will never buy store bought again!
The whole family raved about how good it was. I substituted half a cup of parmesan with romano. No more store bought alfredo for us.
Absolutely delicious! I used less butter because ya know….it’s butter and it was so good. I used one cup Italian blend and a cup of shredded smoked Gouda.
Made this tonight. It is a WINNER!
Turned out amazing, so smooth and creamy.
seared up a coupe chicken thighs, and together it made the most amazing mouth watering chicken alfredo.
Amazing recipe!!! Turned out amazing! My husband loved it!
Just tried this tonight! So easy and so delicious! I totally licked the spoon! Thanks