Easy Alfredo Sauce with Cream Cheese (No Heavy Cream)
My alfredo sauce with cream cheese is rich and indulgent, but it’s made with simple ingredients and comes together in just 25 minutes total. It’s the perfect easy sauce to serve with pasta!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 385kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted
- 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper ground
Instructions
- Over low-medium heat, melt the stick of butter with the garlic powder.
- Cut the block of room temperature cream cheese into small cubes. Slowly add the cream cheese a little at a time. Over the next 5 minutes, while adding more and more cream cheese, whisk the cheese as they begin to melt.
- As the cream cheese melts and it needs more help to be smooth, slowly add in the milk a little at a time. Keep whisking as it smoothes out for the next 3 minutes.
- Next slowly add the parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Continue to whisk for another 3-4 minutes, as it melts and incorporates into the sauce.
- Serve over pasta and enjoy.
Notes
- Set your cream cheese out 30 to 45 minutes ahead so it's at room temperature. This is the step that keeps the sauce smooth.
- The cream cheese will look to have curdled or will not melt if it is shocked by the temperature change. That is why this sauce uses cream cheese that is at room temperature and does not go over low-medium heat. This is a slower process but the end result will be smooth and rich.
Nutrition
Calories: 385kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 636mg | Potassium: 204mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1243IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 340mg | Iron: 0.2mg