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.
I rated five star because your sauce tasted delicious and it was quick and easy . However if you have diced garlic already make and your cheese grated ahead of time . This could be rated a thirty minute meal. ( Alfredo Sauce) yum!!!!
THEE best alfredo recipe I”ve ever eaten
Just made this and it was sooooo amazing! This is going to be my go-to alfredo sauce now. I added grilled shrimp and some fresh crack black pepper.
Fantastic! Easy, and so delicious!
Creamy. Perfect balance and consistency.my go to from now on!
So tasty! I used unsalted butter, and I was out of Parmesan cheese, but had pecorino romano instead. I also added white pepper for more heat. Even without modification, this recipe is so tasty.
Made it for family. They loved it. Ill be making for 18 this weekend. Can the sauce be made ahead of time and refrigerated?
Hi! Glad you enjoyed, this sauce is best made and eaten right away. It tends to separate when reheating
I made this tonight and I didn’t have enough parmesan according to the recipe but that being said, the 1 1/2 cups of parmesan that I did have was way too much. It made the sauce too thick and if I make this again I would reduce the amount of cheese to a 1/3-1/2 cup of cheese.
Excellent and easy to make. We added shrimp, mushrooms and fresh fettuccine!
Can you tell me more about the nutritional value of this recipe?
I see that it makes 2 cups. For approximately how many people?
I calculate the nutritional value myself by halfing the recipe which only creates 1 cup of sauce and the calories are way over the 500 reported.
How many people is this made for?
Thank you!
This recipe will serve 4-6…it’s enough for one pound of pasta
I made this tonight for the first time my family loved it definitely a do over