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.
Perfect sauce, I only had shredded parmesan so understand about the texture now, next time I’ll use block. Love the sauce!
This is my family’s favorite homemade alfredo sauce recipe. I would like to use it to make a chicken and spinach lasagna. Have you ever tired it? Do you know if I would need to double the recipe for a 13×9 pan?
If you want a delicious meal in minutes, this recipe is perfect! We loved the addition of italian seasoning and garlic. Half a recipe was perfect for half a box of orecchiette. I served it with a side of lightly steamed broccolini and some fresh dished roma tomato and torn basil on top for color and nutrition. Since it complements just about any fresh garden vegetable, I think this sauce is a perfect late summer splurge with a glass of red wine.
Good recipe! My family approved!
Wanted to make Alfredo, but it’s been a while and couldn’t remember exactly how much of the cream and butter I needed.. the addition of the Italian seasoning was a bonus as that’s not normally what I put in mine. In my opinion this is the most simple and delicious recipe for alfredo sauce. Thank you!
My to go to sauce… would never buy store bought again
Absolutely delicious! I definitely reccomend leaving out the salt as cheeses are very salty. I have added shredded chicken breast and broccoli too. Yummmmm
This was perfect! My husband and I are on a low carb diet so I served this with grilled chicken and broccoli. It will become a regular meal for us!
I made a half recipe and it was the perfect amount for my little family! My husband couldn’t stop raving about it and I couldn’t believe how easy it was to make!! So delicious and definitely adding to our dinner rotation!
Joyed this dish. It was one of the easiest Alfredos I’ve ever made. Next time I will omit the Italian seasoning since I’m not that big a fan. The only change I made was to add 1/2 cup of half-and-half because I didn’t have 2 cups of heavy cream. I will definitely make this again though. Thank you for sharing.
Love this sauce! Have made it with half and half when it’s all I had and it still turned out great. Added a little tapioca starch to thicken. I always leave out the Italian seasoning and reduce the salt. Chicken, asparagus and mushrooms have been my go to so far, but this recipe is a blank canvas for whatever you have on hand! Have reduced the size for my son when we have tomato based spaghetti sauce since he can’t tolerate nightshades. It’s quick and easy to make on the side for him.