Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce
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Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce at Home
Everytime I take my family to Olive Garden, somebody always orders the Alfredo Sauce. Whether it be Fettucini Alfredo or just a boat of sauce to go with breadsticks, there’s always Alfredo Sauce on the table. We can’t always get to Olive Garden for dinner, but now I can make the same Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce at home quickly and easily with this recipe! And now that I’ve made it once, it’s so delicious my children are asking for every night.
Simple Techniques to Make Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce at Home
The secret to Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce is egg yolks. If you’ve ever work with egg yolks you’ll know you have to temper them before placing them in with all the hot ingredients. This is easily done by placing the yolks in a separate bowl then adding a ladle full at a time of hot ingredients, continually whisking until it’s incorporated. This is an easy way to work the eggs so they don’t end up scrambled in the milk. The technique is easy to use and once you’ve done it, you’ll find other recipes to use this in as a thickening agent such as homemade puddings and other sauces.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ C milk
- 1 ½ C heavy cream
- ½ C Parmesan, grated
- ½ C Romano, grated
- 6 egg yolks
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat milk and cream in saucepan until it begins to simmer. Turn off heat. Whisk in cheese, then remove from heat.
- Place egg yolks in a bowl and whisk. Add about half of the hot milk and cream mixture to the eggs slowly, whisking continually.
- Slowly add egg mixture back into remaining cream mixture. Place back on low heat and stir continually until simmering.
- Remove sauce from the heat to thicken.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
What to do with Your Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce
Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce goes well with a lot of different dishes. You can serve it over pasta such as linguine or fettuccine, you can dip bread sticks in it (or garlic bread which seems to be my family favorite) and you can also make baked pasta dishes with it. My favorite is to mix the Alfredo Sauce with rotini pasta, place it in a bowl, and top it with red sauce. Sprinkle mozzarella and parmesan cheese on top and then run through the oven for about 20 minutes on 350 degrees. It makes the perfect quick Italian casserole for a weekday meal.
Olive garden Alfredo Sauce Recipe
1 ½ C milk
1 ½ C heavy cream
½ C Parmesan, grated
½ C Romano, grated
6 egg yolks
salt and pepper
Heat milk and cream in saucepan until it begins to simmer. Turn off heat. Whisk in cheese, then remove from heat.
Place egg yolks in a bowl and whisk. Add about half of the hot milk and cream mixture to the eggs slowly, whisking continually.
Slowly add egg mixture back into remaining cream mixture. Place back on low heat and stir continually until simmering.
Remove sauce from the heat to thicken.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Anyway you look at it, Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce is simple and delicious!
LOVE LOVE Olive Garden, especially their afredo! Thanks for sharing this!
You are very welcome! I love them too. 😉
This sounds yummmy!!!
This sauce fab with garlic & a tiny dash of cayenne pepper for a lil bite. SO good!!
I serve it with tortellini & Parmesan chicken cooked in Paul Newmen’s Creamy Caesar Dressing.
Fresh Parmesan or did you use the Kraft canister kind?
I love alfredo sauce, but I’ve never thought to use egg yolks to add that extra creaminess and depth of flavor. Fascinating! I think I might have to try this.
I’m so glad you linked this up with Mouthwatering Mondays!
Mmmm, now I just want to go make breadsticks, and dinner! The egg yolk trick is awesome!
I found you through the link up. Great photography! This looks delicious. I’ve honestly been looking for a fantastic homemade Alfredo recipe. Thanks!
There’s something really comforting about Alfredo Sauce. Pinning this now 🙂
I could eat that bowl of Alfredo right now, it looks fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great week!
Miz Helen
This looks so good! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
I worked at Olive Garden for years and there are no egg yolks in their recipe
Tell us the recipe then?
It says copy at not duplicate
Next time I make this I am going to make it the night before. It was sooooo good on day 2. It thickened up wonderfully and rocked!
This is not olive garden alfredo sauce. It was ok but not Olive Garden good….
Do you know how many it feeds? I am making it for a large group and wondering if I need to double or triple the recipe. Thanks, Jenny