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

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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. 5 stars
    I’ve always been hesitant to make homemade Alfredo sauce thinking it was difficult and called for expensive ingredients, but this recipe is fantastic! I have made it almost weekly since finding the recipe and will never go back to the packet or jarred varieties.

  2. 5 stars
    This is a family favorite. My son in law is always asking for it. We like to make a tortellini lasagna with it. So easy!

  3. Will it work to make this sauce 3 days ahead of time and refrigerate? I’m cooking for a large event and I wanted to try to make the sauces ahead of time.

    1. Yes. I double the recipe and freeze it in 1 ounce portion cups. Whenever anyone wants to have some they just grab a cup from the freezer.

    2. Cream sauces like this will break if microwaved. You have to reheat on low heat with additional cream.

  4. 5 stars
    first time making alfredo sauce and it was a hit!! my one year old and my picky partner both devoured it! will definitely be making this again!

  5. 5 stars
    Sooo yummy! Mixed this sauce with some pasta and chicken for a chicken Alfredo pasta and my family loved it!

  6. 5 stars
    I made this recipe today for Dinner but with Penne and chicken and 😳 this taste 👅 amazing 🤩. Thank you so much 😊 everyone loved 🥰 it

  7. 5 stars
    The sauce is amazing!!!! I made it for my husband who is very picky and he loved it. I intended to use a different sauce for my pasta because I’m not a big fan of Alfredo and ended up eating my pasta with it since it was so good.