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.
Made this as written and it was delicious. The entire family raved about it. And it was simple to make too.
Tried this tonight. My family said better than Olive Garden and better than Ciattis which is a local Italian restaurant. It is definitely a keeper! Easy to make in a short period of time.
SOOO GOOD! Better than olive garden!
I’m going to try this recipe looks amazing
It was really easy to make. It tasted so good, everyone in my house loved it.
This is really good. Added some parmesan that was already grated and reduced in price which is good but will try grating it fresh next time.
My girls loves it!
added a little nutmeg or cinnamon (secret of the gods)
Amazing thank you! ?
Wow! I generally don’t comment on recipes, but this is the best Alfredo sauce I’ve ever eaten. I don’t think I could order Alfredo at a restaurant after having this. I also made homemade pasta noodles and the combination was to die for. Huge hit for everyone I made it for. One hint is I used salted butter, omitted the remaining salt, and added an extra teaspoon of garlic. I also added a little Romano cheese. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
This sauce was great! I mixed it with my homemade pesto sauce for a creamy pesto alfredo and I will do it again!
So my mother in-law is not a big fan of chicken Alfredo. I didn’t have heavy whipping cream so I just used milk. Came out amazing. This was before Christmas 2020. Today is now the 5th of January 2021, making it again but as a baked chicken with the sauce over the top. Thank for this recipe.