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! Treat your family to the ultimate comfort food, and serve it as a sauce for pasta or vegetables.
Yield: 2 cups sauce (enough for 1 pound of pasta)
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Put the butter in a 3-4 quart saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Swirl the pan occasionally until the butter is melted.
Pour in the 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 the salt and 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).
