Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce
Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cream cheese alfredo sauce. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Melt butter in a medium, non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Using cream cheese in your Alfredo sauce is a no brainer! It's ridiculously easy, ultra creamy, and doesn't do that thing that Alfredo sauces sometimes do…you know, when they separate or gets way too thick.

Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cream cheese alfredo sauce using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce:
  1. Get 1 tbsp olive oil
  2. Get 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  3. Take 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  4. Get 2 large clove minced garlic, or 2 tsp jarred minced garlic
  5. Get 8 oz cream cheese - softened and cubed
  6. Take 2 cup low fat milk
  7. Get 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (I used a parmesan romano blend)
  8. Prepare 1 tsp dried parsley flakes (or 1 tbs fresh chopped)
  9. Take 1 pinch ground nutmeg or cayenne pepper
  10. Prepare salt and black pepper

You can also reduce the heavy cream and use low-fat milk instead. Thicken the sauce with a roux to cut out a lot of the butter. Homemade Alfredo Sauce With Cream Cheese. There is nothing better than a decadent, cream cheese Alfredo sauce when it comes down to dinner.

Steps to make Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce:
  1. Heat a medium sauce pan over medium low heat. Add olive oil and butter. When butter is melted and garlic. Cook until garlic is just fragrant, stirring constantly so not to burn. Only about 1 minute. Add flour to make a roux, increase heat to medium and cook an additional 2 minutes, whisking constantly.
  2. Whisk in milk and bring to a slow simmer, whisking frequently to keep it from clumping or curdling. Reduce heat to medium low. Add cream cheese, whisk into milk until it is fully melted and incorporated into a nice smooth sauce (no cream cheese lumps remaining).
  3. Whisk in grated parmesan until fully melted and texture of sauce looks smooth once more. Stir in dried parsley, nutmeg and salt & pepper to taste. Simmer gently an additional 5 minutes on medium low for flavors to blend, stirring frequently.
  4. Turn off heat. Add to favorite pasta, veggie and/or meat, toss to coat and enjoy! NOTE: If using fresh parsley, stir in at the very end after heat is turned off.
  5. Serving suggestion: boil bowtie (farfalle) pasta for 2 min less than listed on package. Drain, add to sauce, reduce heat to low, cover and let sit 5 minutes for pasta to absorb some of the sauce and finish cooking. It went great with my cornflakes chicken recipe! Yum! - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/354370-cornflake-parmesan-chicken-tenders

I must admit however, that while my sister's recipe (pictured below) calls for milk instead of whipping cream…I use whipping cream instead. The next time you're going to make Alfredo sauce, make it with cream cheese. It's rich, decadent, and your Alfredo sauce will coat the pasta perfectly. Add cream cheese and garlic powder, stirring with wire whisk until smooth. Add milk, a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps.

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