Nikki's Quick and Velvety Alfredo Sauce. Cream cheese is the secret to this quick Alfredo sauce. I am generally a traditionalist, but the addition of cream cheese is pure genious. I have never made such a velvety alfredo before.
You can also make it the day Made as is, had a beautiful velvety texture and tasted great.
Certainly was a quick and easy meal, with a popular pasta sauce, and no additives or.
I doctored the sauce up at bit.
You can cook Nikki's Quick and Velvety Alfredo Sauce using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Nikki's Quick and Velvety Alfredo Sauce
- Prepare 1 stick of butter.
- Prepare 1 (8 oz) of cream cheese, softened.
- It's 2/3 cup of parmesan cheese, fresh if possible.
- You need 1 cup of milk.
- Prepare 1 cup of heavy cream.
- You need 1 clove of garlic.
- You need 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
- You need dash of oregano.
- It's 1/8 tsp of black pepper.
- Prepare dash of nutmeg, optional.
Try sautéing some garlic, diced ham and fresh peas in a tsp. of butter then add to the sauce before serving over cheese tortellini. The added ingredients made the sauce edible. Alfredo sauce is a rich cream sauce sometimes made with cheese; these top ten recipes use it to perfection Linda Larsen is a journalist, quick-cooking and slow-cooking expert, and accomplished cookbook author Alfredo Sauce is a velvety white sauce sometimes made with cheese and garlic. I hope you enjoyed my video.
Nikki's Quick and Velvety Alfredo Sauce step by step
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add clove of garlic..
- Add cream cheese a little at a time, whisking constantly. Then mix in the parmesan cheese, a little at a time, and continue whisking the whole time. At this point it may look lumpy and separated but its fine, just keep whisking..
- Mix the milk and cream together and pour in a little at a time. You will see it start to become creamy almost instantly. Add garlic powder, pepper, oregano, and nutmeg if using. KEEP WHISKING!.
- Let simmer a few minutes, you guessed it, whisking the whole time. DO NOT BOIL! Don't worry if it seems a bit thin, it thickens quite a bit as it cools..
- Don't forget to remove that garlic clove, and thats it, you're done! toss with hot pasta, and if you like, grilled strips of chicken and a little more parmesan cheese. mangia!.
Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section down below. I have two more cooking videos coming soon. This simple yet rich sauce lets the flavors of the toppings shine on our Roman Thin-Crust Pizzas. You can also try it tossed with cooked pasta, or as a sandwich spread in place of View image. Quick Alfredo Sauce. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.