Thread: My alfredo sauce

So I was curious once while eating at Olive Garden... because their Alfredo sauce is absolutely killer... and I figured that someone else must have wondered the same thing... in fact I bet I could find it online.

Sure enough... I found a mimicry recipe. There were a few actually, but I tried this one, and it works great. There were a few comments on there, and one claims that they worked at Olive Garden, and it can't be right because there's no cream cheese... but I swear by the tastiness of this recipe... almost as much as doc does.

Ingredients:
1 pint heavy cream
1 stick butter
2 tablespoons cream cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese - (to 3/4)
1 teaspoon garlic powder

Cooking Directions:
In a saucepan combine butter, heavy cream, and cream cheese. Simmer this
until all is melted, and mixed well. Add the Parmesan cheese and Garlic
powder. Simmer this for 15 to 20 minutes on low. You may wish to season
with a little salt and pepper. It has been made with half-and-half, but
heavy cream is preferred.

http://secretrecipes.blogspot.com/20...edo-sauce.html

Originally Posted by LordTrychon

So I was curious once while eating at Olive Garden... because their Alfredo sauce is absolutely killer... and I figured that someone else must have wondered the same thing... in fact I bet I could find it online.

Sure enough... I found a mimicry recipe. There were a few actually, but I tried this one, and it works great. There were a few comments on there, and one claims that they worked at Olive Garden, and it can't be right because there's no cream cheese... but I swear by the tastiness of this recipe... almost as much as doc does.



http://secretrecipes.blogspot.com/20...edo-sauce.html

so let me get this straight.....
you go to a chain restaurant,like the sauce
look it up online
steal the recipe (from a place called "secret recipes" no less.
then come here and call it "MY alfredo sauce"
j/k

Originally Posted by T.K.O. (team kyle orton)

so let me get this straight.....
you go to a chain restaurant,like the sauce
look it up online
steal the recipe (from a place called "secret recipes" no less.
then come here and call it "MY alfredo sauce"
j/k

That's exactly what happened.

It's the recipe I use... so yeah.

I do not claim to have made it.

I highly recommend it though.

this is interesting. Did you google Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce?

The comments under the recipe are hilarious.

Butter, heavy cream and cream cheese.

I can hear my arteries clogging already.

My wife makes home-made alfredo all the time. Butter and Parmesan cheese, and cream. That's all she uses. The cream cheese is an interesting addition, we might have to try that.

We put a little (like 1/2 teaspoon) cayenne pepper in the sauce while it's cooking for an extra punch. It's delicious.

There's no such thing as Alfredo sauce with cream cheese. Go to any real italian joint and ask what they use in their sauce. It's Heavy cream, parmesan cheese, mozzarella, and another that begins with a G (isn't gorgonzola) that I couldn't tell you because it was said with such an accent that I could hardly understand it. The key is to find a hole in the wall joint in a city like DC or NY, and try their sauce. If it blows your mind, then ask what they use, and try your hardest to mimic it. You'll never go back.

Originally Posted by Zweems56

There's no such thing as Alfredo sauce with cream cheese. Go to any real italian joint and ask what they use in their sauce. It's Heavy cream, parmesan cheese, mozzarella, and another that begins with a G (isn't gorgonzola) that I couldn't tell you because it was said with such an accent that I could hardly understand it. The key is to find a hole in the wall joint in a city like DC or NY, and try their sauce. If it blows your mind, then ask what they use, and try your hardest to mimic it. You'll never go back.

And the trick is to very slowly melt the cheese and incrementally mix with the cream to keep it smooth.

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

And the trick is to very slowly melt the cheese and incrementally mix with the cream to keep it smooth.

Indeed. Also, let the cream simmer for a bit and stir occasionally to get it to thicken up a little bit before you add the cheese.

for what it is worth about 80% of what they serve at OG comes from the kitchens at their home office. most if not all of it comes in frozen and thawed on premises and then put together.

Not much is made locally.

Originally Posted by LordTrychon

So I was curious once while eating at Olive Garden... because their Alfredo sauce is absolutely killer... and I figured that someone else must have wondered the same thing... in fact I bet I could find it online.

Sure enough... I found a mimicry recipe. There were a few actually, but I tried this one, and it works great. There were a few comments on there, and one claims that they worked at Olive Garden, and it can't be right because there's no cream cheese... but I swear by the tastiness of this recipe... almost as much as doc does.



http://secretrecipes.blogspot.com/20...edo-sauce.html

thanks for the info will have to try it.

nice to have the recipe URL also.

Originally Posted by Jrwiz

for what it is worth about 80% of what they serve at OG comes from the kitchens at their home office. most if not all of it comes in frozen and thawed on premises and then put together.

Not much is made locally.

Are you telling me I paid $15 for a frozen dinner?

Originally Posted by Zweems56

There's no such thing as Alfredo sauce with cream cheese. Go to any real italian joint and ask what they use in their sauce. It's Heavy cream, parmesan cheese, mozzarella, and another that begins with a G (isn't gorgonzola) that I couldn't tell you because it was said with such an accent that I could hardly understand it. The key is to find a hole in the wall joint in a city like DC or NY, and try their sauce. If it blows your mind, then ask what they use, and try your hardest to mimic it. You'll never go back.

Oh, I know...

But it's friggin delicious.

That's what I care about.

Originally Posted by LordTrychon

Oh, I know...

But it's friggin delicious.

That's what I care about.

Please ignore the food snobs.