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.
Best Alfredo EVER! So simple to make.
Great recipe!
I doubled the black pepper and was more liberal with the garlic but followed the recipe other than that and this was a unanimous hit. Cooked some cut up chicken thighs and set them aside. Made this sauce in the same pan for some added flavor. When it was ready, tossed the chicken In it and then added some cooked broccoli. It was perfect!
I have tried this 3 times now and I believe I am addicted to it. Lol
Each time I make it, it’s a bigger amount.
Each time, I add something different to it. Baby spinach. Cooked bacon. Scallops. Shrimp. Button mushrooms…..etc
The local G-store now carries the infamous Parmesano Oregiano in rough wedges from the wheel. Absolutely fantastic recipe. Will never ever buy the jar stuff again.
Thank you
Quick, easy and delicious!
Absolutely delicious, simply to make and not expensive…I make this atleast 2x a month 😊
Made this tonight for dinner and it was the best I’ve tried so far. I added double the garlic and increased the seasonings because I like things heavily seasoned. I’ll definitely add this to my “sauces” tab in my recipe book. Thanks! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Love this recipe. Its my go to for chicken fettuccine. The one thing I changed was the amount of butter. I used 3 tablespoons. When I used a 1/2 cup. It was way too much butter it sat on top of the Alfredo sauce. Otherwise great recipe.
Phenomenal and easy. It took a little longer than 5 minutes to cook, but I also went lower heat for the heavy cream and butter to ensure no breakage. Regardless, a hit in my house!
Love love love this sauce!!! Thanks
So easy and delicious. Who would ever use a jarred sauce when you have this. I sometimes use half Parmesan half mozzarella.
Can this be put in something to keep it warm and travel with it for holiday parties