Cajun Alfredo Sauce

Square image of sauce over pasta in white bowl topped with parsley.

3 from 1 vote

When it comes to pasta night, you absolutely cannot go wrong with this Cajun Alfredo Sauce. Creamy, cheesy and with a little kick, you will want to make it over and over again.

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Pasta, Sauces

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 440kcal

Author: Tornadough Alli

Ingredients

½ cup unsalted butter
8 ounces cream cheese full fat, cut into pieces
1 cup heavy cream
1/2-1 Tablespoon Cajun seasoning plus more to taste add less or more to your salt preference
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon coarse ground pepper
½ cup parmesan cheese freshly shredded

Instructions

In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, add the butter and melt.
Once melted, stir in the cream cheese until melted and smooth.
Reduce heat to a medium-low and pour in the heavy cream and sprinkle the cajun seasoning, garlic powder, and pepper.
Heat for a few minutes until heated and thickened. Sprinkle in the parmesan and whisk until melted.
Serve over your favorite pasta with a sprinkle of Cajun seasoning, parsley, and parmesan cheese, if desired, for garnish.

Notes

Using full-fat cream cheese is best for the flavor and richness of this sauce.

If you use salted butter, you may want to consider using an unsalted Cajun seasoning or your sauce will be pretty salty.

This can be frozen, see above on how to do that.

You can use this in other ways that just serving over pasta, see above on ideas.

Freshly shredded parmesan works best, but you can use grated or the shredded in the plastic containers.

You can easily thicken or thin your sauce as well, see above on how to do that.

Add more or less heat to the sauce by adjusting the amount of cajun seasoning you are using.

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