Munchie Monday: Easy Alfredo Sauce

 Because red sauce is giving me fits lately I decided to try some Alfredo sauce with pasta a little while ago.  I knew our daughter has made Alfredo sauce so I asked for her recipe. It is easy!

It is basically the same recipe as homemade macaroni and cheese with a few little changes.

Start with a white sauce, add cheese, pour onto cooked pasta. Done!

For the white sauce:

In a large saucepan melt 4 Tablespoons of butter with several chopped or sliced garlic cloves.  When the garlic is ready add 6 Tablespoons flour and stir until it is cooked.  Add 4 cups milk and stir well until sauce starts to cook.  Add 2 cups heavy cream then add 4-6 ounces freshly grated parmesan cheese.  Add 1/2 teaspoon black pepper.  Stir well.  Taste to see if you need to add anything else.  There is probably enough salt from the cheese, but maybe you want more.

In the meantime, cook your favorite pasta.  We used Tri-Color Rotini so the sauce would stick to it.

It turned out to taste pretty good.

This was good enough that we ate it (we had company that day) before it was photographed.  Oh well.  Next time...