Alfredo sauce

noun

Al·​fre·​do sauce (ˌ)al-ˈfrā-(ˌ)dō- 

(ˌ)äl-

variants or less commonly alfredo sauce

: a rich pasta sauce made with butter, Parmesan cheese, and often cream compare fettuccine alfredo

Examples of Alfredo sauce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rotisserie chicken and jarred Alfredo sauce will help your family enjoy a comforting chicken casserole in under an hour. —Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025

Hannah's Alfredo Veggie Melt: Crunchy Thin Crust, Alfredo sauce, spinach, feta, green peppers, onions, mushrooms and Parmesan/Asiago cheese. —Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025

Leslie later told me it's made with mozzarella, Parmesan and cream and is similar to an Alfredo sauce. —Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025

Or try your hand at the ultimate comfort food: cheesy chicken lasagna casserole, which marries a classic lasagna with Alfredo sauce to make your taste buds explode. —Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025

As for second place, cheesy Alfredo sauce was close behind with 17% of all pasta sauce sales. —Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

after fettuccine alfredo

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Alfredo sauce

• across
• backcross
• crisscross
• lacrosse
• recross
• tomas
• albatross
• applesauce
• barabbas
• helios
• kshatriyas
• blas