Monday, May 4, 2009

Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce

I used to work at Olive Garden and copied this right out of the recipe book. Enjoy!
  • 1 lb unsalted butter (4 sticks)
  • 3 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 quarts heavy cream
  • 1 lb parmesan cheese
  • 8 fluid ounces white sauce mix (If you can't find this you can use corn starch or flour as a thickener)
  • 1 TSP black pepper
  1. Melt the butter on low setting.
  2. Add minced garlic when butter is about 50% melted.
  3. Add milk and heavy cream and bring to a boil.
  4. Turn heat down and wait about 5-10 minutes.
  5. Add parmesan, pepper, and white sauce mix/base.
  6. Sauce should start to thicken.
  7. Let cool about 10 minutes before serving over pasta.
Yeild: ~0.8 Gallon

Olive Garden does NOT use cream cheese in their alfredo. So if you see an "Olive Garden" recipe that does, it is fake.

3 comments:

  1. Awesome recipe, I'll definitely be trying this one. Thanks!

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  2. Regarding the 8oz. white sauce: it says you "cant" use flour or cornstarch to thiken...is that a typo...should it say 'can?'

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