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.
amazing recipe but i did 10oz of parmesan cheese versus 16 oz (2 cups) so the sauce wouldn’t be as thick and it was good — if anything i think start with 6oz parmesan and go up as you determine consistently with pasta water you add and your preferences
Could you add buffalo sauce to it? If so, how much would you need to add
I think you could do that! It would thin the sauce a little though. I’d say start with 1/4 cup then add more if you think it needs more 🙂
Easy and delicious. Thank you!
This recipe is simple and easy to make and tastes amazing! Our family loves it with chicken or sausage, and with pasta or spaghetti squash.
Very easy and straight forward. It came out yummy 🙂
Yummm
I didn’t have heavy whipping cream, so I used cream cheese and milk. I also put some mozzarella cheese in it. It was awesome.
Very easy to make the first time and turned out great
I am going to experiment a little
Try double the Italian seasoning and roasting or sauteeing the garlic more or sooner or separately
Delicious and simple! We made honey bbq salmon linguini Alfredo with a side of broccoli. I’ve never enjoyed salmon more!
Can you do an Alfredo bake with this Alfredo recipe?
Thank you. My 15 year old daughter made this for dinner tonight and it was wonderful. The butter and cream came straight out of the fridge and it was perfect. We will be making this on a regular basis.