Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe (Easy Alfredo Sauce)
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This fettuccine Alfredo recipe leaves restaurant versions in the dust and will have you skipping the jars forever! The best homemade Alfredo sauce is rich, smooth and creamy, just begging to coat twirls of fettuccine OR your favorite pasta. The Alfredo sauce is made from scratch with only a handful of ingredients, namely butter, heavy cream, garlic, Parmesan and Italian spices and a few secret ingredients that truly set it apart from the rest. Best of all, this fettuccine Alfredo is astonishingly easy, comes together in minutes, and will knock your pasta socks off! Serve this recipe with Caesar salad, roasted Parmesan broccoli along with some buttery breadsticks for a complete meal the whole family will love!
Ingredients
Instructions
Cook fettuccine al dente in salted water according to package directions. Reserve 1 cup pasta water, drain and toss the pasta with a drizzle of olive oil if not immediately adding the pasta to the sauce (prevents it from clumping).
Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Meanwhile, whisk the milk with the cornstarch until completely smooth. Add the garlic to the melted butter and sauté for 30 seconds.
Whisk in the heavy cream, milk/cornstarch, cream cheese and all seasonings. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until melted and smooth.
Add the grated Parmesan cheese a handful at time in 3-4 batches, whisking until smooth in between each addition.
Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer and continue to cook for about 3-5 minutes or until it starts to thicken and the Parmesan is completely melted. Keep in mind it will continue to thicken once it cools slightly and when you add the pasta.
Add the fettuccine and toss to combine (if you're not serving immediately, wait to add the pasta). If at any time the Alfredo sauce gets too thick, just add a little splash of the reserved pasta water to loosen it up.
Taste and season with additional freshly cracked salt and pepper to taste (we like both). Garnish with fresh parsley if desired. Serve immediately.
