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.
Truly the absolute BEST!!! I never liked jarred sauce and refused to waste my money on it, but now I also don’t want to eat Alfredo at a restaurant, when I can make it even BETTER at home! Each time I make this, I purchase a parmesan wedge and finely grate myself right before cooking, literally worth the minimal effort for an incredible outcome!
The recipe and sauce are simply delicious, the taste is wonderful and cannot be repeated, rating 11 out of 10 !! ❣️
Phenomenal. I’m not really a fan of cream sauces but decided to try for something different with some spinach and ricotta ravioli. Definitely will make this again. Quantities are perfect for flavor.
Super quick and easy. I did use a mix of cheeses. Asagio, parmesan, Romano and a touch of mozarella.
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Delicioussssss best Alfredo Sauce I’ve had, My Children Loved it
Great Alfredo sauce! Easy and quick. My husband loved it! Thank you!
Ever since I found this recipe I have never bought jarred Alfredo. I one time gave your website to a guy making dinner for his girlfriend at the grocery store and was going to buy jarred Alfredo. He said thanks and started buying the ingredients!! I’ve shared your awesome simple recipe with many people. I did make a double batch last night and I would recommend bringing the butter and cream to room temp before starting because I didn’t and it did take a longer time to make. It did still come out perfect, just took longer. Yum as usual.
This sauce was fantastic
I’ve been using this recipe for almost 2 years now and it’s the absolute best base for an absolutely fantastic alfredo! I personally love the more bold tastes, and this recipe is very versatile for adding those flavors you may personally like to be heavy!
Absolutely great work, thank you!