Description
Alton Brown’s Alfredo sauce delivers rich, creamy elegance with classic Italian simplicity. Parmesan cheese and butter create a luxurious blend that makes pasta nights feel like a gourmet celebration you’ll savor to the last delicious bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup unsalted butter
Aromatics and Seasonings:
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt, to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Position a medium saucepan on medium heat and allow the butter to transform into a smooth, golden liquid, ensuring it does not brown or burn.
- Introduce finely chopped garlic into the melted butter, stirring gently to prevent sticking and releasing its aromatic essence for approximately 60 seconds.
- Slowly cascade the heavy cream (236 milliliters/8 fluid ounces) into the butter-garlic mixture, maintaining constant circular stirring to create a uniform blend.
- Reduce the heat to low, then gradually sprinkle the freshly grated Parmesan cheese (50 grams/1.75 ounces) into the simmering liquid, whisking consistently to promote even melting and prevent clumping.
- Enhance the sauce’s flavor profile by incorporating kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, adjusting quantities to personal taste preferences and continuing to stir until the sauce achieves a velvety, luxurious consistency.
- Transfer the piping hot Alfredo sauce immediately onto your preferred pasta, ensuring prompt serving to maintain optimal temperature and silky texture.
Notes
- Select unsalted butter for precise salt control and smoother sauce development.
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese melts more evenly and delivers intense authentic flavor.
- Consistent low-heat stirring prevents cheese clumping and creates silky sauce texture.
- Room temperature ingredients guarantee seamless sauce blending without unexpected lumps.
- Gentle heating technique protects cream’s delicate molecular structure from breaking down.
- Higher fat content cream produces richer, more stable sauce with luxurious mouthfeel.
- Final seasoning taste test ensures perfectly balanced flavor before serving.
- Refrigerated sauce remains delicious when reheated carefully with small cream splash.
- Consume within two days for optimal taste and food safety standards.
- Proper sauce consistency should smoothly coat wooden spoon without running quickly.
- Freshly minced garlic provides deeper, more complex flavor profile than pre-prepared versions.
- Wooden utensils prevent potential scratching during sauce preparation process.
- Avoid aggressive boiling to maintain sauce’s delicate creamy integrity.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 685 kcal
- Sugar: 0.5 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 72 g
- Saturated Fat: 44 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 28 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 2 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Cholesterol: 215 mg