If you’ve ever wondered how to make homemade alfredo sauce, this One-Pan Sausage Alfredo Pasta is the perfect recipe to start with!
One-Pan Sausage Alfredo Pasta is an easy, filling one-pan meal the entire family will enjoy. Homemade alfredo sauce included!
Alfredo pasta is actually one of my favorite easy weeknight dishes. I love the creamy, comforting flavor of alfredo sauce and pasta is always an easy meal.
But, of course, I can’t just pour canned alfredo sauce over noodles. Before I knew how to make homemade alfredo sauce, I never had any idea how simple it really was.
Now I love experimenting with new alfredo pasta recipes by adding in new ingredients. This particular recipe isn’t overly saucy, as you can see. Just enough to add flavor to the dish without being heavy.
So, how to make homemade alfredo sauce? The ingredients are so simple. Heavy cream, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper, butter and garlic.
It’s truly as easy as melting the butter, cooking the garlic, and melting the parmesan into the heavy cream, until it thickens. Season and then serve over your favorite noodles.
Once you try this homemade alfredo sauce, you’ll never go back to the canned stuff again!
This One-Pan Sausage Alfredo Pasta is my latest alfredo pasta hit. It takes the basic alfredo sauce recipe and turns it up a notch with hot Italian sausage links and roasted red peppers.
The spice of those two ingredients balances out the creamy alfredo sauce for an extra pop of flavor.
The best part of this One-Pan Sausage Alfredo Pasta is that, you guessed it….it can all be made in just one pot. That means minimal clean-up for me, which is always a win in my book.
If you plan on cooking the pasta in the same pot (which I do), just make sure to use a large one. The other option is to use two pots and cook the pasta at the same time as you’re preparing the sauce…it does save a few minutes and sometimes I find that worth the extra dirty pan.
And, of course, if you’re not a fan of hot Italian sausage or peppers, you can always use this recipe as a guide of how to make homemade alfredo sauce and add in your own extras.
More easy pasta recipes:
- Quick Creamy Cajun Pasta
- Spinach Sausage Pasta
- One-Pot Chicken Bruschetta Pasta
- Chicken Alfredo Bake Recipe
Spinach Stuffed Shells
Creamy Lemon Pasta
Seafood Fra Diavolo Recipe
One Pan Sausage Alfredo
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ziti or penne , cooked al dente
- 5 hot Italian sausage links , cut into thirds
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup parmesan cheese , shredded
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 cup roasted red peppers , cut into strips
- parsley , chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- n a large pot over medium heat, cook sausage links cut into thirds, approximately 8-10 minutes.
- Remove to a paper towel lined plate to drain and wipe pot clean.
- Add butter, melt and add minced garlic. Cook for 1 minute.
- Add heavy cream and shredded parmesan cheese. Whisk until it starts to thicken.
- Whisk in fine sea salt and ground white pepper.
- Add sausage links, cooked pasta and roasted red pepper into sauce. Toss to coat.
- Serve and top with chopped parsley.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
Gosh, I love a one-pot meal! And I love how this one is perfectly sauced and so simple to make.
I love alfredo but I’ve never had it with sausage. Will have to add that next time I make it.
I love that this is a one pot meal!! Your sausage alfredo pasta looks perfect and delicious! I love that you use pasta with a bite instead of fettuccini.
This looks like a big pan of comfort food! YUM!
Pasta dishes are so easy to make yet they are so flavorful! And who could say no to this one pan sausage alfredo pasta! Delish 🙂