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.
Recipe was very easy. The instructions were clear and concise, plus it came together so quickly. Don’t be afraid to make the whole recipe… you’ll use the leftover sauce on whatever needs elevating.
Can I make the sauce the day before and reheat and add to my pasta? I want to bring this to a party for my picky nephew. 😋
How many servings is this recipe for?
This recipe was amazing and a big hit in my household. It was much simpler than trying to make a roux. I will be using this as my only alfredo sauce recipe from here on out. Thank you!
My kids and I are very picky when it comes to Alfredo. This recipe is the only one I make and it’s a crowd pleaser every single time.
OUTSTANDING!! It far surpassed any Alfredo sauce I have had. I cannot wait to make it for my father-in-law, who loves Alfredo dishes. Thank you for sharing!
LOVE IT
Excellent! We eat gluten-free and it was great to find a recipe that didn’t include flour and was SO delicious! Thank you.
Does not reheat very well at all. Don’t make too much. In spite of this fact, the sauce is amazing. I had always used jar sauce. Oh wow! What a difference. I made enough to feed 20. Every person made combined like, better than Olive Garden, and other well known restaurants.
I grilled chicken breast and added that. Next I plan to use shrimp or steak. Either way I know that this is a win win recipe. Thanks.
how many times did you mutiply the recipe? I need to feed 25 and was wondering….
I have 6-8 people in my house depending on who’s home that day. We multiply it by 2 and have enough left over for a couple more plates throughout the week. If they use a lot of sauce. I also have to keep it all separate as one of my kids doesn’t like sauce. So we put it on plates as we make them. Mine use a lot of sauce on each plate too.
To be able to reheat a cream sauce, add some of the pasta water, after serving, to the leftovers before placing them in a container in fridge. Reheat on 50% power in the microwave.
I tried this recipe last night and it was amazing! I used asiago cheese instead of the parmesan and it was a hit with all five of my kids. Tossed it in with some cooked chicken and mixed veggies along with biscuits made from this recipe: https://sugarspunrun.com/easy-homemade-biscuits/#recipe. My kids were very impressed lol. Btw for the biscuit recipe I don’t have a biscuit cutter so I used the thickest star cookie cutter that I had and they out perfectly flaking and cute. I’ll be using both recipes quite often I think.