Easy Homemade Alfredo Sauce

Alfredo sauce poured over white bowl of pasta.

This easy homemade Alfredo sauce is a rich and creamy white sauce made with butter, Parmesan, heavy cream, and simple seasonings and is ready in 25 minutes! It's a perfect easy recipe to serve over your favorite pasta, chicken, or veggies for a comforting weeknight meal!

Course Dinner

Cuisine American, Italian

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 607kcal

Author Sherri Hagymas

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic minced
¾ cup heavy cream
1 cup parmesan cheese grated
½ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon nutmeg freshly grated
¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

In a large saucepan, add the butter and melt over medium heat.
2 tablespoons butter
Add the minced garlic to the butter and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant. Be sure not to burn the garlic.
2 cloves garlic
Then pour the heavy cream in and and bring to a slow boil.
¾ cup heavy cream
Reduce the heat to low and gradually add the grated Parmesan cheese, whisking continuously until it is creamy and smooth.
1 cup parmesan cheese
Remove from the heat and stir in the pepper, nutmeg, and salt.
½ teaspoon black pepper, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon salt
Serve over pasta, chicken, or vegetables.

Notes

Add ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes for a little kick.

Add more minced garlic if you'd like.

Feel free to use a combination of cheeses like grated pecorino, fontina, gruyere, pecorino or even a little added cream cheese are all yummy for a change from classic alfredo sauce.

Freshly grated cheese is best for melting in to a creamy sauce but store-bought grated will work too.

When serving with pasta, remove ¼ cup of the starchy pasta water. Add 8 ounces of cooked, drained pasta to the sauce and add a tablespoon of reserved water as needed.

Substitute lower fat milks like whole milk or half and half but they won’t thicken the sauce quite as nicely.

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