Recipe of Perfect Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce
Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce.
Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cream cheese alfredo sauce. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It's simple, it's quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce is something which I've loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook 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:
- {Make ready 1 tbsp of olive oil.
- {Prepare 1 tbsp of unsalted butter.
- {Get 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour.
- {Get 2 of large clove minced garlic, or 2 tsp jarred minced garlic.
- {Prepare 8 oz of cream cheese - softened and cubed.
- {Get 2 cup of low fat milk.
- {Make ready 3/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese (I used a parmesan romano blend).
- {Prepare 1 tsp of dried parsley flakes (or 1 tbs fresh chopped).
- {Take 1 pinch of ground nutmeg or cayenne pepper.
- {Prepare of salt and black pepper.
Steps to make Cream Cheese Alfredo Sauce:
- 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..
- 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)..
- 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..
- 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..
- 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.
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