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.
Smelled incredible and tasted great. Easy as can be! Guess who will never purchase Alfredo sauce in a jar ever again….
This is my Go-To for Alfredo sauce! It’s better than jarred sauce and way cheaper. I give this recipe 100 stars!
This is easy to make and my boys & I love it! And I’m not a big Alfredo fan 😅😋
This is one of the best. Thank you! Everyone loved it..
Tastes great. Mine came out really thin. Followed recipe as stated. Let set for a while. Did not thicken. However, the taste is out of this world!
Add a tsp of cornstarch and mix in cold water, then add very little at at time to the sauce. That’s what I do. I’ve made this many times and sometimes that happens. I’m not sure why, I’m obviously no expert. The cornstarch thickens it without adding to or taking from the taste of the sauce.
This hands down had to have been the best Alfredo sauce I’ve ever made. I used a blend of Assaggio, Romano, and Parmesan cheese that was pre shredded from bj’s. The only thing I would do differently is freshly grated cheese. It melts so much better but I just wanted to use up what I had left. Recipe in my opinion does not need any tweaks. It’s not too salty, but rather just right. The seasoning ratio and amounts were perfect as well.
This alfredo sauce is amazing! So simple to make and it’s delicious. First alfredo sauce down! Thanks!
My family loves this Alfredo sauce we love garlic so I add a bit more.
Easy and delicious. I mixed in green peas, shredded chicken and fettuccine. Yum
My kid requests this recipe all the time. It’s so easy and so delicious. Thanks!