This Alfredo sauce recipe is one of my favorites.

It may not win the low fat diet recipe of the year award, but for a special treat you can't beat cream, cheese and pasta together!

As Italian pasta recipes go, this is one of the best and most decadent.

Have a look at the Tips and Variations section below to see how you can turn this simple pasta recipe into a variety of easy dinner recipes.

How To Make Alfredo Sauce

2 cups cream (heavy, or 35% cream is best)
1/4 cup cold butter
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
salt and pepper (ideally white pepper)
pasta (fettucini, penne or tortellini are great)
fresh parsley, chopped for garnish
1 clove garlic, chopped (optional)
extra parmesan cheese

Heat a large saucepan over high heat until very hot. Add just enough cold water to cover the bottom of the pan. Let the water evaporate (it will do this quickly) but make sure there are a few drops left in the pan. This will keep the cream from scorching and burning on the bottom of the pan. Remove the pan from the heat.

Add the cream to the pan and return it to the heat. When the cream comes to a boil, reduce heat to medium/ medium high and continue to boil until it is reduced by half. During that time, add the garlic.

In the meantime, cook pasta in well salted water according to package directions. Drain well when cooked.

When the cream is reduced remove it from the heat. Add butter 1 tablespoon at a time and whisk it in. The cream should thicken and turn glossy. Add the cheese and hot pasta to the cream. Season with salt and pepper and garnish with chopped fresh parsley.

Serve immediately (with added parmesan cheese for me!).

Serves 4 to 6

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Tips:

• Turning this into a penne alfredo pasta recipe or a fettucini with alfredo sauce recipe is easy - just change the pastas you use! The different shapes of pasta are all made from the same dough, so if you want Fettucini Alfredo, just boil fettucini noodles and mix it with this wonderful alfredo sauce. Change the noodles to penne pasta and you have a delicious penne alfredo pasta recipe. Simple Italian goodness!
• The classic pasta with alfredo sauce recipe is just that. Pasta with a cheesy cream sauce. I love one dish meals, so I will often saute vegetables like zucchini, red peppers, onions and even more garlic and add them to the final dish. A meal in a bowl!
• Try adding some steamed broccoli to the pasta dish. We all love broccoli with cheese sauce. This one is kicked up a notch and yet another easy dinner recipe.
• Great served with the perfect Caesar Salad.

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How many servings does this sauce give you? 4, 10, 20???

Serving size for spaghetti  Not rated yet
On serving size, U tried with a whole pack of 500g (about 1 pound) of spaghetti and it's perfect.

From Karen: Thanks Ann. Yes that should be about right....

Alfredo with Penne!! Yum!!  Not rated yet
Tried it and it was easy and delicious.
**Instead I just did a cup of cream 35%, and used garlic powder**

creamy alfredo sauce with cheese  Not rated yet
it dosent taste good at a little parmasan and mozza cheeze

Garlic?  Not rated yet
You forgot garlic. What the hell?

Excellent! 5  Not rated yet
loved it, added some bacon to it as well which added more texture to the pasta.

Butter and cheese  Not rated yet
No no no - Alfredo is only butter and cheese - no cream!!!!!

From Karen: I think you really need the cream. It makes it really creamy while keeping ...

Delicious Alfredo Variation  Not rated yet
I made this recipe last night with a few changes. Rather than 2 cups of cream, I used 1 cup of cream and one cup of half and half. I also smashed 3 garlic ...

italiano  Not rated yet
mmmm.. sounds yummy!

The Best  Not rated yet
This was a great recipe for the sauce, it was really good, Thanks

Additions to the Alfredo...  Not rated yet
My kids love it when I add crumbled bacon, peas and cooked chicken breast to the sauce! No side dishes! :) Michelle Wagner

wow sounds great  Not rated yet
Definitely will be using this recipe tonight !! thanks!

Serving size  Not rated yet
what's the serving size?

Delicious!  Not rated yet
Thanks, that was great! I had to substitute 10% cream, but everyone loved it still.

Calories   Not rated yet
How much calories per serving ?

Alfredo Sauce  Not rated yet
This is a great recipe! I found that adding some garlic and Mozzarella cheese made the sauce richer too!

Feedback on Alfredo Sauce Recipe  Not rated yet
I tried the recipe out, and it turned out delicious :)

Alfredo  Not rated yet
Add spinach (nicely made) instead of parsley for better results!