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.
I made it and it turned out awesome. I did add chicken and shrimp and asparagus. Will keep making it
Spectacular recipe. Everyone loved it! Paired it with thin spaghetti noodle and shrimp! Yum!!!
This was great! I had a little less cream so added milk. Then I added cornstarch as suggested by another reviewer to thicken.
Definitely better than the jarred sauce. Thanks so much for ther recipe!
I hardly ever follow recipes as written, but this is perfect every time exactly as is. Thank you!
Delicious, only thing I added was a 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper!
Excellent alfredo sauce! I added sauteed shrimp and broccoli and served it over penne pasted and garlic bread. My family loved it ❣
I meant penne pasta!?
I have found my go to Alfredo sauce recipe!! It is seriously the best I’ve had & the best & easiest sauce you’ll find online. Making it again tonight. I add rotissserie chicken fresh broccoli & mushrooms to it
Prepare for your guest’s to pay you compliments .
Easy, delicious recipe. Will definitely make this again!
Quick, easy and awesome. I added a bit of corn starch for a bit thicker sauce, some parsley and a few grains of crushed red pepper flakes and shrimp.maybe a bit less salt next time
THIS is a family favorite! My waste line wishes it wasn’t SO darned good AND easy to make! Fresh parm is key, don’t try to skimp with some non refrigerated jarred grated parm. I have used the parm in the refrigerated section but it was not as good as when I made it with parm that I grated myself. Defintely a must try if you like alfredo!