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 a very easy and quick recipe.
It was a little too thin so I mixed water and a teaspoon of flour and added to the sauce to thicken.
It was great and will definitely make this again.
this is by far the best and most easy recipe i’ve tried!!
Can i substitute half and half or milk for cream to lower fat content?
No
This was simple to make and came out great. Used this to make zucchini Alfredo.
This is a quick, easy yet rich recipe that will make you wonder why you bother going out to eat.
I served this over Italian elbow pasta with prawns. Delicious!
This is my go to Alfredo recipe!
This is the first time I write a review for a recipe. Everything about this recipe is stellar. I’ve never made something so good so quickly. Thank you 🙏
Made this tonight as part of an Italian birthday meal for a family member. This came together so easily and it was FANTASTIC. High calorie and fat content for sure, but worth the splurge for me!
Made this tonight with my guy. We added shrimp and lobster for a seafood alfredo. Simple and delicious! Thank you!
loved the consistency but found it to be extremely salty. Would love a recipe with less salt.
No problem, you can simply leave the salt out next time or just salt to your own taste 🙂
I was going to use this and make an Alfredo baked dish. Kind of like a casserole, as I have about 15 people to serve. Would it be ok to make this and mix with cooked pasta, top with some Parmesan cheese and then bake?