Easy Homemade Alfredo Sauce

Easy Homemade Alfredo Sauce is creamy, delicious, and made with simple ingredients. This low fat version is made without the heavy cream but packed with flavor and is perfect over top of your favorite pasta or zucchini noodles.

❤️ Why you'll love it

• It is the best alfredo sauce recipe packed with parmesan flavor and sure to become a family favorite.
• It is a homemade sauce made with basic ingredients with less than half the fat of regular alfredo sauce.
• The creamy sauce is a a delicious restaurant quality alfredo sauce.
• It is great to have on hand for quick weeknight dinners.

🥘 Ingredients

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Half and half and Reduced-fat cream cheese: these are the main ingredients that make up the bulk of the sauce

Dry white wine: used to add distinct flavor to to the alfredo sauce.

Fresh parmesan cheese: adds flavor and saltiness to the sauce. Be sure to use freshly grated for the best parmesan flavor.

Fresh garlic cloves minced

Unsalted butter: I highly recommend using unsalted butter and just add salt to taste.

Salt and black pepper: used to season the alfredo sauce.

🔪 Instructions

1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat until bubbly.
2. Reduce to medium-low heat and stir in the garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 1-2 minutes, until garlic just starts to turn brown.
3. Add the white wine and bring to a simmer. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
4. Whisk in the cream cheese until smooth, then add the half and half, whisking constantly.
5. Bring the sauce to a low boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, until sauce begins to thicken to desired consistency.
6. Stir in the parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper to taste.

🥄 Equipment

Large skillet

Garlic press

Measuring cups

Hand whisk

🥫Storage

Store leftover alfredo sauce in an airtight container in the fridge up to 4 days or in the freezer up to 3 months.

📖 Variations

• Chicken broth can be used in place of wine, but remember this will affect the flavor of the sauce.
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder can be substituted for the fresh minced garlic.
• For a thicker sauce, use the entire 8 ounces of cream cheese.

💭 Tips

• The secret ingredient for a creamy white sauce is to simmer it over very low heat, allowing the sauce to bubble slowly. As it does so, the sauce will reduce in volume and thicken.
• For best results, be sure the cream cheese is very soft before adding to the garlic wine sauce. This will ensure no lumps.
• If the sauce becomes too thick, thin it out some with a little more half and half.

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🍽 Serve with...

You can use this alfredo sauce to make chicken alfredo, creamy garlic shrimp, use it as a pizza sauce or as a dipping sauce for garlic bread sticks.

🏫 The last word

Classic alfredo sauce generally does not need a thickening agent as it relies on the heavy whipping cream to do so. I left out the heavy whipping cream and relied on a combination of half and half and cream cheese.

Cream cheese works as a thickening agent in this cream sauce eliminating the need for a thickener such as cornstarch or flour.

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