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.
Decided to try to make Alfredo sauce for the first time. Found this recipe but didn’t have mozzarella or enough butter but after cooking my chicken I deglazed the pan with about half a stick of butter and followed the rest of the recipe (substituting Parmesan with mozzarella and a little Romano). I also added 1/4 tsp parsley flakes and it was a hit. I’ll definitely try it again with the right cheese and enough butter.
Easy and tasty!
Super easy to make. Perfect for beginners or advanced chefs. Very rich and creamy. My whole family enjoyed it and I got a lot of complements. I would definitely recommend adding this to your weekly meal plans!!
This was absolutely PHENOMENAL. I doubled the recipe to make extra sauce but other than that I followed it completely and it was absolutely delicious!!! I made blackened chicken to go on top. So good!! My husband and 14 year old son were blown away. Don’t hesitate to make this it is an absolute keeper!!
OMG.. first time making this Alfredo sauce, and I mist admit…it’s pretty good. Made it to go with grilled chicken and ravioli stuffed with ricotta cheese spinach. 😋
So delicious!! This was creamy, not too rich or heavy and super fast to whisk together The only thing I did differently was swap the Italian seasoning with parsley. I also saved some of the pasta water and mixed in so it wouldn’t thicken. Served with pan roasted thyme infused chicken thighs! All together I thought this was takeout! This recipe just replaced the other 2 I had saved.
This easy to make and scrumptiously delicious Alfredo sauce is the bomb! Never a complaint! I add a pinch or 2 of ground nutmeg on top before serving, gives it a great flavor!
This was sooo delicious. One of the best things i’ve ever made.
This recipe was delicious!!! My granddaughter (she is 12) wanted to learn how to make alfredo sauce from scratch. We added bowties and chicken. She enjoyed learning how to make it and everyone loved it. She is already asking to make it again
Best Alfredo sauce recipe!! Made it exactly as written, and even my picky bunch loved it lol Thank you for sharing!!!
This is a delicious recipe! I’ve used it for 5 years at a fishing lodge I work at. It’s a huge hit every time!