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:

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

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.

homemade alfredo sauce recipe

If you love making your own pasta sauce at home, be sure to try out my Easy Homemade Pesto as well!

Enjoy!

~Nichole

4.99 from 3757 votes

Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce

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!
Prep 5 minutes
Cook 5 minutes
Total 10 minutes
Servings 2 Cups

Ingredients 

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

Calories: 535kcal, Carbohydrates: 10g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
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1,895 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Thanks for the recipe! It was totally amazing. Added some d
    Garlic butter shrimp on top and it was gone a little too fast lol!

  2. 5 stars
    Love this recipe as is, but I add 2-3 oz of cream cheese with the butter and cream. While new level.

  3. 5 stars
    Great recipe!!! I’ve been using it for a year or 2 now & everyone asks me for it after I bless them with my collection of borrowed recipes. I sure pass it on, everyone says it’s better than o!ive garden.

  4. 5 stars
    Fantastic! I made a 1.5 batch for my family of 5. My picky 2 and 3 yo gobbled it up. I followed recipe to a T and added left over shredded chicken from a whole chicken I made in the Instant Pot yesterday. Will definitely make this again. Thank you for a spectacular recipe!

  5. 5 stars
    I have made this recipe many times now and it’s the only Alfredo I’ll make now! Delicious!

    (I don’t use quite as much garlic or salt as is called for, usually about half; I’m sure it would be just fine with more of either, but it’s also fine with less, so I opt for that ‘version’.)

  6. 5 stars
    I made this alfredo sauce tonight and it was a hit everybody told me that it was probably one of the best Alfredo sauces that they ever had and it’s one of the top 10 on my list as well

  7. 5 stars
    Used the cheap parmesan and this was still an amazing recipe. Added red pepper flakes for some spice. Super easy to make. The recipe made enough for a box of noodles. Can’t wait to make it again!