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.
How much pasta do you typically mix with this 2 cup sauce recipe? Thanks!
This is enough sauce for 1 pound of pasta. You can use less pasta if you like it really saucy! 🙂
Thanks for your reply! I tried out this recipe yesterday and it was delicious. Will surely add it to the repertoire!
My 14 year old son made this, I BBQ some chicken. It was the best chicken Alfredo we had ever tasted..
Loved every bite.
Fantastic! Made this for our daughter’s birthday dinner this evening. It was super quick to make and had great flavor.
Tried “Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce” tonight. The title says it all!!! Added seasoned chicken breast and shrimp to the meal. This will served in our house again…
I’ve made this now 3 times for my family and they love it! Thank you for sharing.
This recipe looks really good I’ll try it as soon as possible
I am cooking for one for over 15 years. THIS IS THE BEST RECIPE I HAVE EVER MADE !!! The flavor is better than what I’ve had in a seafood restaurant. Now I can do it better than them !! Followed recipe precisely, and I have enough sauce for 3 different meals….THANKS EVER SO MUCH….NOW I HAVE CONFIDENCE AND THAT SEAFOOD RESTAURANT….WON’T SEE ME AGAIN…..
This is awesome. Will be adding this to my regular menu!
I could literally eat this sauce until I burst! It is that good 🙂
I was questioning adding the raw minced garlic (instead of sautéing it in the butter), but wow! I guess that is what makes it so delicious?
Made this tonight and it was delicious! I am not a fan of jar sauce so thank you!
Question- will this store well (meaning can I make it ahead a day or two) or does it need to be used immediately? Thanks!
Most likely it will break when you try to reheat it. I have used an immersion blender to fix a reheated Alfredo sauce that broke. Using the immersion blender emulsified the sauce which fixed it kinda, except the texture was like Alfredo sauce from a jar.