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.
Sauce tastes amazing. Trying this recipe for the first time. I used 12 oz evaporated milk and 4 oz of milk instead of heavy cream. The consistency is great. Thank you, I will be using this recipe again.
100% the best Alfredo EVER. My family gobbled this and even our picky grandpa liked it. Thank you for the great recipe, so family friendly!
Just made this and it was so easy and soooooooo delicious. Added some chicken and it was just wonderful.
Perfect!
Love this recipe!! I am very picky when it comes to alfredo sauce and everytime I make this the kids devour it and my family and friends always want some. Its quick and delicious
Definitely my favorite go to Alfredo sauce. I always season boneless skinless chicken breast and throw them in the oven with this Alfredo sauce and then serve over pasta. This is one of my family’s favorite dishes 🙂
This truly is an amazing recipe! I did add lemon zest, juice from a half of a lemon & 1/8 t nutmeg. Also added a little pasta water to retain moisture since pasta tends to absorb the liquid in the sauce. I also added 1 pound of shrimp. I cooked the shrimp in the butter garlic mixture just until shrimp turns pink. Totally gourmet-restaurant quality!
I’ve never made alfredo sauce before because I assumed it was complicated. Oh my goodness, this was so easy and so delicious!!! Thank you for the recipe :).
That’s 1 pound cooked, right?
Added sausage and did not have the Italian seasoning, but I didn’t feel like it was missing anything. Excellent the way it was! I will try with the seasoning the next time and see if it makes a difference.