10-Minute Alfredo Sauce with Heavy Cream
Serves 8
12 mins cook
12 mins total
This homemade Alfredo sauce recipe is the real deal — a creamy, cheesy, buttery sauce made in minutes with just three ingredients: Heavy cream, butter and Parmesan cheese. It's one of the easiest pasta sauce recipes you can make from scratch!
Yield: 2 cups sauce (enough for 1 pound of pasta)
Put 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick) in a 3-4 quart saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Swirl the pan occasionally until the butter is melted.
Pour in 1 ½ cups heavy cream and heat until it comes to a boil — the cream will foam and rise to the top of the pan. Immediately lower the heat to medium or medium-low to maintain a gentle simmer. Give it a whisk, and continue simmering 8-10 minutes, until the cream is slightly reduced. Keep your eye on the pan and adjust the heat as needed to prevent the sauce from boiling over.
Add ½ teaspoon kosher salt and ½ cup finely grated Parmesan cheese to the cream and whisk. Remove the pan from the heat, continue to whisk until the sauce has a thick, smooth consistency.
Serve right away with cooked pasta, or pour into a glass storage container and store in the refrigerator for up to one week. Shake or stir the sauce before reheating (note below).