Alfredo sauce w/o cream?

Question

Is there a recipe for alfredo sauce without heavy cream or cream cheese?

Answer 1

Sure there is! I rarely ever buy cream, but I always have milk, so I make my Alfredo sauce using a roux. You melt some butter in your pan, and whisk in some flour until it has a Play Doh sort of texture. Let it cook for a while until it's turned golden--this means that the flour is cooked and you won't get sick! Then whisk in some milk. The butter-flour mixture will thicken the milk, giving it a consistency similar to cream.

You could also add cornstarch to a milk-cheese mixture; cornstarch is good at thickening liquids like sauces and soups.

Then just add cheese and seasonings like you would normal Alfredo sauce.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

Ummm...poster #1, I think you meant canned evaporated milk, not condensed milk. Condensed milk is heavily sweetened and would not be suitable for an alfredo sauce.

BG... Why wouldn't a milk substitute be SAFE? As long as it is a food item and not gasoline, it will still be edible - just different from the original recipe. Also, alfredo sauce actually does not use a lot of cheese and it is parmesan cheese which is lower in calories and fat than most cheeses. It is the cream that is traditionally used that adds most of the fat and calories.

LOW FAT ALFREDO SAUCE

1 tbsp. butter (real butter, not margarine or other substitute)
1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
Pinch nutmeg
3/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
3 c. low fat milk
1/2 tsp. pepper
Cooked fettuccine

Melt butter-butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add flour; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Whisk in milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Bring to a boil, whisking; reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Toss with Parmesan cheese and cooked fettuccine.


Make sure you use freshly grated Parmesan NOT the stuff in the can which is dried out and flavorless. This sauce won't be quite as good as Alfredo sauce made with cream, but it will be much lower in calories and saturated fat.

Answer 3

In my opinion, it won't be very good. You're still going to be eating a good amount of cheese. I'm honestly stumped. You could try to experiment with other different ingredients. Like Alton Brown says, the food police aren't going to be coming after you. I'm just not familiar with how milk substitutes will behave in the recipe, and whether they're even safe or not.

Answer 4

Use milk instead. Half and half is a nice medium between milk and cream. I have done all of these; they work just fine. Try substituting half and half and milk (equals parts ) for cream in a recipe for best results.

Answer 5

how about adding cheese to a heavy white sauce? Never tried it tho...i use heavy cream

Answer 6

on the alton brown theory, some stuff you could substitute are condensed coconut milk, unflavoured yoghurt and maybe mayonaisse

Answer 7

I've heard of using canned condensed milk.

Answer 8

Not possible~