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.
Does it still taste amazing after refrigeration? Trying to make a larger quantity for a big family reunion this summer.
The butter will separate from the sauce, but I just made it past weekend and re heated some leftover with the sauce and middle and the taste was still good. Next time I make it I am going to make a run with some of the butter to see if it will keep better after refrigeration, and keep the parm more smooth.
This is a sauce that rivals the nicest Italian restaurants recipe. A friend of my daughter proclaimed she didn’t like “white” sauce so she would just eat noodles plain. I talked her into trying a taste on a spoon from the pot and she couldn’t get enough afterwards.
Super easy, amazing turnout – you can even substitue heavy cream for milk and tbe sauce still tastes incredible and rich! My husband and I love this recipe! 5/5 stars!!
Will half and half work as good as whipping cream?
It should work fine, might not be quite as thick.
I didn’t have quite enough parmesean so I added 2 oz cream cheese as well… OMG this IS AMAZING!
Hi…this sounds delicious and simple. I’m looking for a recipe that I can use for meal planning for me and my daughter, as I dislike the funky, processed taste of jarred sauces. Will this hold up well in the fridge for a few days/week?
Thanks!
This was soooooo good! I added prociutto and mushroom to mine, and it was awesome! Will be making again soon!
This sauce was easy and so fresh tasting !
Will be my go to Alfredo sauce.
Great sauce delicious.
Best recipe ever. My family loved it.
Will be making this a lot!!!