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 used to want to go to Olive Garden for their alfredo, now I am skipping it and making this, tons tons better. The only thing different I did was use a bit more heavy cream to loosen it up a bit but that’s my own likes bit even if I didn’t, it was truly amazing
That is my granddaughter’s favorite too.
We made this tonight and she was pleased.
Delish and easy to make! Thank you for sharing this, it will def have a permanent place in my go to sauces!
This was the first time that I made my own alfredo sauce. Both my husband and I LOVED it!! Thank you for the easy recipe!!
Hands down the best homemade Alfredo sauce I’ve made.I did use the real parmesen and it makes a big difference.It had more taste and flavor.Will be making again.
Quick and easy to make, but that doesn’t take away from how delicious it is.
Excellent Alfredo sauce recipe. Definitely a keeper
I’m a beginner cook and this made me feel like such an expert! This recipe is so good and a new favorite for my picky family!!
Easy and delicious.
Quick and very tasty!
This is our favorite sauce. I have made it about 10 times. It is just me and my daughter so I usually halve the recipe. I am gluten-free and egg free and this is the recipe I’ve been looking for, super simple and super tasty! Thank you!