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.
Absolutely love it! Can’t believe how simple and delicious this was. We used freshly grated Parmesan from Publix and it was delicious. I just added this recipe to my recipe drawer….. this is my go to from now. No more nasty jar Alfredo. Thank you so much!!!
The tase was amazing but my sauce came out like soup. What did I do wrong? Please help!
Yummy. Don’t worry that the sauce is too thin, once you get it with the noodles it is just perfect. We served it with sauteed mushrooms and roast turkey and forgot to add the Italian seasoning. This comes together quickly.
OMG the best recipe ever. I literately make this recipe 3-4 times a month for the family, when there eating it’s total silence you know when nobody’s talking everything is good. Thank you for a delicious easy recipe.
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So good
Amazing and easy! Whole family loved it
Yummy as is – son added red chili flakes
This really is the best ratio of butter, cream, and parmesan for alfredo sauce! I’ve used a bunch of recipes – I had been using pioneer woman’s for fettucine alfredo – but I wanted a sauce that was a bit creamier. This was perfect with some fettucine and sauteed chicken breast.
Well, I think it takes somewhat longer to prepare. Minced fresh garlic and 2 cups of freshly grated parma… Unless you use machines this is not feasible.
Tasted amazing though.
Huh? This recipe takes all of 10 minutes. I even hand grated the cheese in about 2 minutes.
Perfect!
Quick and simple…. Right to the point, LOVE IT!!!! Thanks:)