Tomato Alfredo Sauce
Recipe: #969
October 20, 2011
Categories: Sauce, Tomato Italian, No Eggs, Canned Tomatoes, Italian Dinner, more
"This is a quick and easy sauce to put together. Perfect for a busy weekday diner. When using the dry herbs, make sure you rub them between your fingers as you put them in the sauce to release their flavours as they will not be simmering in this sauce."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (226.9 g)
- Calories 165.9
- Total Fat - 10.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 6 g
- Cholesterol - 29 mg
- Sodium - 204 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 11.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.7 g
- Sugars - 6.8 g
- Protein - 7.6 g
- Calcium - 216.6 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 18.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Melt butter over medium heat; add garlic and herbs and sauté for 1 minute.
Step 2
Increase heat to medium-high; add the flour and cook while whisking until the flour is fully cooked and no longer looks white.
Step 3
Pour in the milk.
Step 4
Cook and stir until mixture is bubbly and thickened.
Step 5
Reduce heat to low; stir in parmesan, salt and pepper. Cook until cheese is melted.
Step 6
Stir in sour cream.
Step 7
Add canned tomatoes and heat through.
Step 8
Add to your favourite cooked pasta.
Tips
No special items needed.