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I have to admit I am super excited about how amazing this recipe is and to share it with you. This cottage cheese Alfredo sauce is so decadent and creamy that you are going to wonder why you made it any other way.
The fresh parmesan cheese really makes this sauce shine with authentic Italian flavor. It’s so good! We could not stop eating it out of the pan when we were making it. Add it to your favorite pasta or pasta substitute and you will have the best pasta or fettuccine Alfredo ever!
If you love Alfredo, don’t miss our creamy chicken Alfredo linguine, spaghetti squash chicken Alfredo, and creamy mushroom Alfredo sauce!
Table of Contents
- Why You Will Love Cottage Cheese Alfredo
- What Is Cottage Cheese Alfredo Sauce?
- Cottage Cheese Alfredo Sauce Ingredients
- How To Make Cottage Cheese Alfredo
- What To Do With Cottage Cheese Alfredo
- Cottage Cheese Alfredo Sauce Variations
- Tips For Making Cottage Cheese Alfredo
- Frequently Asked Questions
- More Recipes To Try Next!
- COTTAGE CHEESE ALFREDO Recipe
Why You Will Love Cottage Cheese Alfredo
- The cottage cheese makes this Alfredo sauce creamy without having to use loads of butter or any heavy cream.
- Freshly grated parmesan cheese adds incredible flavor to the sauce.
- This Alfredo sauce is easy to make and healthy.
- Fresh garlic cloves and Italian herbs add amazing flavor and dimension to the sauce.
- This Alfredo sauce comes together while the pasta cooks at the same time.
What Is Cottage Cheese Alfredo Sauce?
Cottage cheese Alfredo sauce is Alfredo sauce that is made with freshly grated parmesan cheese and whipped cottage cheese! This sauce has so much flavor and it is super creamy. Also, you can’t even taste the cottage cheese, it just makes the sauce extra creamy and adds protein. After making this recipe, you will wonder why you have made Alfredo sauce any other way. It’s that good! The seasonings add so much flavor and it is super creamy and cheesy.
Cottage Cheese Alfredo Sauce Ingredients
- Milk: We used 2% milk in this recipe. The milk is blended with the cottage cheese.
- Cottage Cheese: We used fat-free cottage cheese.
- Butter: We love Kerrygold butter.
- Garlic: Crush two cloves of garlic.
- Salt: A pinch of salt to enhance the flavors of the sauce.
- Pepper: Some cracked pepper to season the sauce.
- Parmesan Cheese: Freshly grate parmesan cheese for this sauce.
- Italian Herbs: Add incredible flavor to the sauce.
- Cornstarch: Helps thicken the sauce
How To Make Cottage Cheese Alfredo
First, add the milk and cottage cheese to a blender and blend until smooth.
Next, add the butter to a pan over low heat on the stove. Then, crush the garlic clove into the pan. Saute the garlic with the butter.
After that, add the blended cottage cheese mixture to the pan. Then, add the salt, pepper, Italian herbs, and freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Stir and combine the ingredients until you have a low simmer. Next, add the cornstarch and mix until the sauce thickens.
Then, boil your favorite pasta, drain it, add it to the pan with the sauce, and enjoy!
What To Do With Cottage Cheese Alfredo
We like to enjoy this creamy cottage cheese alfredo sauce with ravioli and fresh pasta. If you want a lighter version, we love Al Dente Carba-Nada, which is a low-carb option. Also, this sauce is delicious on lentils, spiralized zucchini, and hearts of palm pasta. This spiralizer is great for spiralizing zucchini. Additionally, Palmini Low Carb Pasta or your favorite pasta or pasta substitute will work great. This cottage cheese Alfredo is even a great sauce for pizza!
Cottage Cheese Alfredo Sauce Variations
- Milk: You can use whole milk, 2%, 1%, or fat-free milk in this recipe.
- Cottage Cheese: For the cottage cheese in this recipe, you can use full-fat, low-fat, or fat-free. We used fat-free cottage cheese.
- Butter Substitution: We used one teaspoon of Kerrygold butter in this recipe. If you do not want to use this butter, you can substitute it for two teaspoons of the light butter of your choice.
- Add More Protein: To add even more protein to this dish, you can add grilled chicken breast or some cooked shrimp. Both of these would be delicious with the flavors of the sauce!
Tips For Making Cottage Cheese Alfredo
Freshly Grate The Parmesan Cheese
This is the one thing I would splurge on because it makes it so good! Get a chunk of parmesan cheese from a parmesan cheese wheel and freshly grate the parmesan cheese when you make this recipe. It’s that good you will thank me later! If you need to substitute it, you can use grated parmesan, but it will not have as much flavor as freshly grated parmesan. We used this parmesan cheese grater.
Use Fresh Garlic Cloves
Make sure to use fresh garlic cloves in this recipe. Crush them and add them to the pan with the butter. Saute the garlic with the butter and then add the rest of the ingredients. Fresh crushed garlic adds so much flavor to the sauce!
Blend Until Smooth
Thoroughly blend the milk and cottage cheese in a blender until smooth. You don’t want any clumps of unblended cottage cheese in your sauce.
Save Some Pasta Water
Save some of the pasta water that you used to cook your pasta in. If your Alfredo sauce gets too thick or you would like to make the sauce thinner, you can add some pasta water to the pan with the sauce and mix.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Long Does Alfredo Sauce Last?
This cottage cheese Alfredo sauce is best enjoyed after making it when it is warm. However, if you have any leftovers, you can store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for lunch or dinner the next day. Then, reheat and enjoy. This sauce is so incredibly delicious that you probably won’t have any leftovers!
Can You Use Cottage Cheese In Alfredo Sauce?
Yes! This Alfredo sauce is made with cottage cheese! This cottage cheese Alfredo is lightened-up and super creamy.
Is Cottage Cheese Alfredo Healthy?
Cottage cheese Alfredo sauce is healthy and lightened up. Traditional Alfredo sauce is high in fat and calories and is made with a lot of butter and heavy cream. Our cottage cheese Alfredo consists of freshly grated parmesan cheese and fat-free cottage cheese. We love this cottage cheese Alfredo sauce because it is just as delicious as traditional Alfredo sauce!
Can You Taste The Cottage Cheese?
Don’t let the cottage cheese deter you from making this Alfredo sauce. You can’t even taste the cottage cheese in this Alfredo! Cottage cheese has a mild flavor and lightens up this sauce. You taste the freshly grated parmesan cheese, sauteed garlic, and Italian herbs in this Alfredo sauce.
What Can I Use In Alfredo Sauce Instead Of Heavy Cream?
You can use cottage cheese to make Alfredo sauce instead of heavy cream. Fat-free cottage cheese blended with some milk and combined with freshly grated parmesan cheese and Italian herbs makes for a delicious, creamy, and lightened-up Alfredo sauce!
More Recipes To Try Next!
- Creamy Mushroom Alfredo Sauce – Up-level your favorite jar of Alfredo sauce with this easy recipe!
- Chicken Alfredo Linguine
- Viral Cottage Cheese Ice Cream
- Savory Cottage Cheese Burrito Bowl
- Frozen Cottage Cheese Bark
- Easy Homemade Marinara Sauce
If you try this recipe please be sure to leave us a comment and star rating ★★★★★ letting us know how it turns out for you.
COTTAGE CHEESE ALFREDO
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 1 ½ cups fat-free cottage cheese
- 1 teaspoon Kerrygold pure Irish butter
- 1 large garlic clove, crushed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon Italian herbs, we used Gourmet Garden
- 1 ⅓ ounce freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Add the milk and cottage cheese to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Add the butter to a pan over low heat on the stove. Then, crush the garlic clove into the pan. Saute the garlic with the butter on low.
- Add the blended cottage cheese mixture to the pan. Then, add the salt, pepper, Italian herbs, and freshly grated parmesan cheese. Stir and combine the ingredients. Also, make sure the heat is not too high, you don’t want to burn the sauce. Cook everything on low so the cottage cheese doesn’t separate or become grainy.
- Continue to stir until you have a low simmer. At this point, add the cornstarch and continue to mix until the sauce thickens up.
- Boil your favorite pasta, drain the pasta, add it to the pan with the sauce, and enjoy!
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Notes
- Milk Options: You can use whole milk, 2%, 1%, or fat-free milk in this recipe.
- Cottage Cheese: For the cottage cheese in this recipe, you can use full-fat, low-fat, or fat-free.
- Add More Protein: To add even more protein to this dish, you can add grilled chicken breast or some cooked shrimp.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Amazing!! This was absolutely delicious! Thank you – alfredo is one of my favorites and I haven’t had it in forever. I will definitely be making this again!
Thank you so much for leaving a review! We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed the Alfredo sauce! We love it as well, it is so creamy and cheesy!
Absolutely adored this dish, was hard not to go for seconds! Ended up using unsweetened almond milk cause it’s what I had and it worked well. Also doubled up the seasonings as I personally love garlic and salt. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Hi Julia, we are so happy to hear that you enjoyed the cottage cheese Alfredo! Thank you for letting us know! I am glad the almond milk worked out for you and that you were able to adjust the seasonings to your liking.
Hi Shawna, I plan to make this recipe with my homemade cottage cheese (which has turned out a bit extra dry). And want to replace the Parmesan with Cottage Cheese too. Do I take an equal amount of cottage cheese as a substitute? Any change in the proportions of the other ingredients? Would adding in 1/4 Tsp nutritional yeast help to improve the flavor as I’m skipping the Parmesan.
Hello, thanks for the question, I am excited that you are looking forward to trying the cottage cheese Alfredo! Since your homemade cottage cheese turned out more dry than store-bought cottage cheese you may need to add more milk so there is enough liquid. Also, make sure to heat the sauce over very low heat so the cottage cheese doesn’t separate or become watery. This step is very important so the sauce stays together. Also, great idea to use nutritional yeast! Instead of adding more cottage cheese to replace the Parmesan, just add some nutritional yeast. To replace the 1 ⅓ ounces of Parmesan cheese, I would try using about 3-4 tablespoons of nutritional yeast. You may want to adjust the amount you add to taste as it has a different flavor profile. I hope this helps and please let me know how it goes if you give it a try!
Easy to make. Not my favorite. The flavor is good at first but after a couple of bites I taste the cottage and I don’t care for it. It could be because I use fat free cottage cheese. My husband liked it.
Thank you so much for giving the recipe a try and for your thoughtful feedback! It definitely makes a difference which cottage cheese you use, fat-free can sometimes have a stronger, more noticeable flavor. I recommend trying it with 1% or 2% cottage cheese for a creamier, milder taste. Also, adding a little extra Parmesan is a great idea to balance it out even more! You could even sprinkle in a bit of garlic powder or another clove of garlic. I’m so glad your husband enjoyed it, and I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us!
I have to change my mind on this recipe. We had it again tonight and I added some milk and pepper flakes. It was really good. I think the milk diluted the taste of the cottage cheese. Which made all the difference in the world to me. I would make it again.
I made this recipe last night and had to do it twice because the first time I shredded the Parmesan cheese and it got really clumpy… The second time I made sure to cook it low and slow, grated the Parmesan, but it still separated after it cooled. Flavor was delicious… Consistency not so great. I would be interested to know what I’m doing wrong.
Hi Kim, thanks so much for trying the recipe. I’m so glad you enjoyed the flavor! And you’re not alone, achieving that perfectly creamy consistency can be a little tricky, especially with cottage cheese, since it can separate if the heat gets too high. One trick we’ve found helpful is to take the sauce off the heat before folding in the Parmesan and blended cottage cheese. The residual heat should be enough to melt everything together smoothly without risking separation. Also, if the sauce starts to separate or looks too thin, a small cornstarch slurry (about 1-2 teaspoons of cornstarch mixed with 1-2 teaspoons of water) can help bring it back together. Just whisk it in gently over low heat and stir until it thickens. Thanks again for your feedback, and I hope the next batch turns out perfectly creamy!
I made this using Aldi 2 % cottage cheese .Sauce had a nice flavor . I made a tuna casserole with it , so I skipped the herbs .
Thanks for the recipe .
Hi Robin, thank you so much for trying the recipe and for sharing your feedback! We’re so glad to hear that the sauce had a nice flavor with the cottage cheese you used. Using this cottage cheese Alfredo sauce in a tuna casserole sounds like a delicious twist, and skipping the herbs makes total sense for that variation.