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
Like this? Rate & review this recipe below!

Hey! Nice to meet you! I'm Nichole!

Welcome to The Salty Marshmallow! I'm a mom, animal lover, photographer, & kitchen mess-maker. Here you will find the result of my decades-long passion for chasing the best flavors in the kitchen, all meant to be cooked by regular people with busy lives just like you and me.

Related Recipes

Rate & Review!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




1,895 Comments

  1. Too much parmesan cheese for our tastes; next time I am going to only use 1.5 cups, maybe even 1 cup of cheese. However, with that said, this was by far the easiest alfredo sauce I have made from scratch and still dang good tasting as well. THANK YOU for sharing

  2. 5 stars
    Your recipe is always my go-to for alfredo. It tastes just how I think it should, and it’s always a hit with everyone. Today, I didn’t have the heavy whipping cream on hand, so I substituted a brick of cream cheese and about 1.5 cups of milk. It was a close second in taste and great in a pinch! Thank you for sharing such a great recipe!

    1. 5 stars
      Sauce tasted amazing! My only issue was it did not thicken at all when I added the parmesan and had to use cornstarch. Any idea what I might’ve done wrong?

  3. 5 stars
    This was absolutely amazing! I made this for dinner tonight and my fiancé (whom doesn’t like Alfredo sauce) LOVED this!! I cut the recipe in half and used double the amount of blocked/shredded Parmesan Romano cheese. It was fine dining restaurant quality! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe – I am never buying canned Alfredo sauce again!

  4. 5 stars
    Thank you for this quick, but tasteful recipe! It was a huge hit even though I made it on a whim to switch up our dinner of leftovers. Threw in some grilled chicken at the end. The pot was scraped clean and everyone said they want it to be a part of our normal meal rotation, so thank you for a new hit!

  5. 5 stars
    Hi! So it was reaLly good, my whole family loved it. But, the sauce was very creamy and wouldn’t thicken much.

  6. 5 stars
    I made this tonight for my family and there was smiles all around. Super easy recipe to make and it turned out perfect. I will be making this again