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.
The Alfredo sauce was so good and so easy. I’ve tried making Alfredo before and made a lumpy gross mess . I was skeptical it could be this easy. It was and it was delicious.
My first time making homemade Alfredo and this was so easy and AMAZINGLY GREAT! I took some left overs for lunch today and when I heated it up my butter had separated from the sauce. Not sure why but I ate it anyway and it was still good. Any answers to this is appreciated.
The fat in the butter and cream tends to separate when reheated. The best way to reheat is to throw the leftovers in a skillet or saucepan with a touch of milk or cream. Stir it up and the sauce comes back together nicely.
Soooo delicious.
Thank you super easy and delicious. I did omit salt since the parm is salty and I used salted butta. Served over fusilli pasta with just harvested broccoli, carrots from garden.wonderful🧚🌻
Love it, thank you.
Loved this sauce. Served on fettucini with garlic prawns. Superdelicious
THIS IS DELISH!!!! Loved this recipe super yummy and easy. Even my 3 picky eaters ate it (after I told them it’s homemade ramen) 😂🤫🤐
This was amazing super creamy, and great for any pasta
Delicious!!! And super easy to make!
Salted butter or unsalted?