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.
Best ever and so easy!
This tasted very good, but there were 2 issues (both easily remedied). First, the minced garlic was not cooked enough in the final sauce. I would sauté in the butter for a minute before adding the cream. Second, my sauce never got to a “saucy” consistency, so I kept adding more and more expensive Parmigiana Reggiano, until my friend said, “This will soon be a $50 sauce!” She was exaggerating (a little), but after we had dinner, I returned to the skillet to wash it, and the sauce was a beautiful consistency. That being said, a ten-minute wait off the heat would have made a positive difference. Otherwise, lovely sauce, thank you!
My Husband loved it! I couldn’t believe how easy it was to make. Thank you!
I was worried at first when making this recipe because it didn’t seem like the cheese was incorporated into the milk. However, the taste/flavor was phenomenal!! I subbed the Parmesan cheese for a mix of mozzarella & provolone cheese because that’s all I had, but it came out delicious! Super easy & quick.
so simple yet absolutely delicious! A must try.
Delicious!! This is a keeper.
I had to use half and half instead of whipping cream, and shredded Parm instead of freshly grated, and it still came out great!
So very good!
Super easy and absolutely delicious!
Simple, easy, and hands-down delicious!!!