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 followed this recipe as written, and it was wonderful! I’ll definitely be using it from now on!
Thank you!
This is an amazing and simple recipe! Delicious! My husband and I are eating low carb, so I serve this over grilled chicken and broccoli. I used to buy Olive Garden Alfredo sauce, but no more!
We always have half and half on hand for coffee, so I use that. I have to thicken it with a little corn starch. BUT, I’ve poured it over pasta for my grandchildren , and the starch from the pasta thickens the half and half, making it perfect.
Also, I used salted butter and the suggested amount of salt. I didn’t find it too salty.
This is the best homemade alfraso sauce I’ve made. It’s so simple. Follow the directions as stated. So yummy
WAY BETTER than store bought alfredo sauce! My family loves it!
The best alfredo ever. So many compliments on this.
Seriously, this is the absolute bomb of an Alfredo Sauce. Easy to make, quick and it hits the spot on so many levels! This has instantly become our go to Alfredo sauce in this household. We’ll be making this multiple times in the near future.
My favorite Alfredo sauce! I used this recipe tonight and my husband and I loved the sauce so much so, that I’m writing a review after dinner. My husband loved it so much he insisted I make it like this every time!
Best Alfredo recipe I’ve ever made. I followed the recipe exactly and it was perfect. Rave reviews from my family, even from my teenage son who isn’t normally a fan of white sauces. Yummy!!!
Easy and really good. I only had half and half so had to use that but it turned out great. Thank you for the recipe.
how would this be if I froze it?
This one does not freeze well
ok thank you!