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.
This was too easy, it almost feels like a cheat! It was a huge hit with the family. Thanks for sharing! <3
Sooo delicious and easy!
Made this exactly as written for our Italian Thanksgiving feast. So easy and so much better than any restaurant. Everyone loved it and my youngest wants me to put into regular rotation. The freshly grated parmesan, while a pain to grate by hand, makes all the difference.
Soooo good!! Keeping this one forever.
Amazing
This is my go-to sauce for everything. There’s no easier, more flavorful sauce. If I’m making a cream sauce, this is my base, but it’s perfect just as is!
So perfect! I’ve made it a few times before and its consistently delicious. Its a great base Alfredo Sauce. I like to add some lemon zest and basil in place of the Italian seasoning
My goodness, this sauce turned out so delicious. It tasted exactly like the Alfredo that’s served at Olive Garden 👌
Fantastic, quick and far superior to any pre-made sauce. A new recipe for my family, but a keeper for sure, not too rich, just perfect.
My daughter made this for my birthday, adding grilled chicken strips. Yummmm! Our family rated this better than Olive Gardens!