Parmesan Cream Sauce is a calories-rich, thick, creamy, and delicious sauce that is super easy to prepare at home. Not only this, but it is also a very time-efficient sauce. It hardly takes 15 minutes in total to get ready so you do not need to make it beforehand and store it because it can be made quickly along with your pasta or other recipes to which you want to add it. Therefore its fresh flavor drastically enhances the overall flavor of your recipe.
How to make Parmesan cream sauce at home?
As aforementioned, this sauce is very easy and quick to make and you probably do not have to go to the grocery store especially to buy its ingredients because it has very simple and basic ingredients that would be already present in your kitchen, yet gives an exquisite taste to your recipes.
Ingredients
- Parmesan cheese = 2 oz (¼ cup, finely grated)
- All purpose flour = 2 tbsp
- Whole milk = 2 oz (¼ cup)
- Cream cheese = 1 oz
- Heavy cream = 4 oz (½ cup)
- Butter = 2 oz (¼ cup, unsalted)
- Salt = to taste
- Pepper = to taste
Method
- Take a large skillet and add the unsalted butter to it.
- Place the skillet on medium heat.
- Melt the butter.
- Then slowly add flour and whisk.
- Cook for about a minute until it starts browning.
- Add Parmesan cheese and whisk it.
- Slowly add milk, cream cheese, and cream one by one and whisk.
- Keep whisking for 2 minutes until the consistency is somewhat thickened.
- To balance the thickness of the sauce, you can add more heavy cream.
- Add salt and freshly ground black pepper according to your taste.
- Your quick and super-easy Parmesan cheese sauce is ready. Serve it with pasta, shrimp, vegetables, steak, chicken thighs, or any other recipe you want. Bon Appetit!
Ingredients Tips and Substitutions
- Butter: to adjust the saltiness of the sauce, use unsalted butter. If you do not have butter firsthand, you can use olive oil but still, butter is the best option because it will give you a good creamy and thick consistency of the sauce.
- Flour: flour is used to make the sauce thick and an even creamy appearance. If you are gluten-free, you can substitute the all-purpose flour with your gluten-free flour.
- Heavy cream: this is a must for the best and rich consistency of the sauce. It will make the Parmesan sauce lavishly creamy. You can also use half and half, but that will not give the best and rich flavor and appearance to the sauce.
- Parmesan Cheese: for better melting, try to use Parmesan cheese which is freshly grated. You can use a food processor for grating because it is safe for grating hard cheese varieties like Parmesan cheese.
- Milk: milk is needed to balance the thickness of the sauce.
Chef Notes
- Try to use the best Parmesan cheese.
- If you are adding salt, do not add it all at once. Instead, first, add a pinch, taste it, and then adjust according to the need because the sauce will already be a bit salty due to the cheese.
- Make sure that you stir and whisk the ingredients properly and continuously.
- For even cooking, try using a big skillet.
- Try to use freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
- If you have some leftover sauce, you can store it for sure. But do not refrigerate it for more than 4 days otherwise it will start losing its creaminess and flavor.
- If you are using the sauce with paste, when you add the sauce to the pasta, also add some drops of milk. It will help to loosen the sauce and pasta and balance the thickness to a moderate and required level. You can increase or decrease the amount of milk according to your level of doneness.
What to serve with Parmesan Cheese Sauce?
This delicious sauce can be combined with a myriad of eatables. Some of them are the following:
- Any type of pasta
- Lasagna
- Roasted asparagus
- Chicken thighs
- Shrimps
- Pizza
- Grilled salmon
- Roasted cauliflower
- Casseroles
- Baked salmon
- Roasted broccoli
- Steak
- Nuggets
- Steak bites
How to Store?
You can simply store this sauce in an airtight container and then refrigerate it. It stays in the refrigerator for 7-10 days and in the freezer for up to 3 months.
How to Reheat?
Simply pour the sauce into a pan and heat on a medium flame on the stove. To adjust the thickness of the sauce, you can add a few drops of milk. You may also sometimes need to add a pinch of salt. But it is preferable if you taste the sauce before adding extra salt to make sure it is needed or adding the salt will only destroy the light flavor of the sauce.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories = 143 kcal | |
| Total Fat Saturated fat Cholesterol | 15 g |
| 7 g | |
| 33 mg | |
| Total Carbohydrates Sugars Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| 1 g | |
| 1 g | |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Sodium | 77 mg |
| Potassium | 45 mg |
| Calcium | 28 mg |
| Iron | 1 mg |
| Vitamin A | 555 IU |
| Vitamin C | 2 mg |
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Parmesan Cream Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 oz Parmesan cheese (¼ cup, finely grated)
- 2 tbsp All purpose flour
- 2 oz Whole milk (¼ cup)
- 1 oz Cream cheese
- 4 oz Heavy cream (½ cup)
- 2 oz Butter (¼ cup, unsalted)
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Take a large skillet and add the unsalted butter to it.
- Place the skillet on medium heat.
- Melt the butter.
- Then slowly add flour and whisk.
- Cook for about a minute until it starts browning.
- Add Parmesan cheese and whisk it.
- Slowly add milk, cream cheese, and cream one by one and whisk.
- Keep whisking for 2 minutes until the consistency is somewhat thickened.
- To balance the thickness of the sauce, you can add more heavy cream.
- Add salt and freshly ground black pepper according to your taste.
- Your quick and super-easy Parmesan cheese sauce is ready. Serve it with pasta, shrimp, vegetables, steak, chicken thighs, or any other recipe you want. Bon Appetit!
Notes
- Try to use the best Parmesan cheese.
- If you are adding salt, do not add it all at once. Instead, first, add a pinch, taste it, and then adjust according to the need because the sauce will already be a bit salty due to the cheese.
- Make sure that you stir and whisk the ingredients properly and continuously.
- For even cooking, try using a big skillet.
- Try to use freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
- If you have some leftover sauce, you can store it for sure. But do not refrigerate it for more than 4 days otherwise it will start losing its creaminess and flavor.
- If you are using the sauce with paste, when you add the sauce to the pasta, also add some drops of milk. It will help to loosen the sauce and pasta and balance the thickness to a moderate and required level. You can increase or decrease the amount of milk according to your level of doneness.
