Our simple Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce is the perfect cheesy base to put on any pasta or potato! Simple ingredients, quick preparation, and endlessly customizable based on your family’s tastes and preferences. Make this today!

Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce

If I had to pick a single favorite flavor of all foods, it would probably be roasted garlic. Garlic in general is such an incredible ingredient, but when you roast it things chance in the best of ways. Roasted garlic is something that you should always have in your fridge. Not only is it great to toss a clove or two into whatever sauce you are cooking up, it works really well in salad dressings, soup, made into aioli, or spread onto a sandwich too.

How to roast garlic

There are a lot of ways to roast garlic, but all of them are pretty easy. The simplest way is to cut the top off of a head of garlic, put it on some foil, drizzle with olive oil, and then fold the foil up around it and seal it up good. Roast it in an oven (or in a grill) until it is golden brown and soft like butter.

There are also various gadgets you can use, if you are into that sort of thing.

You can also confit garlic cloves in olive oil for a really special treat. Our Smoked Confit Garlic recipe details that process.

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Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce shopping list

Wondering if you have to hit the store? Here’s the list of items you’ll need to make this recipe. For specific amounts, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.

• Butter
• Roasted garlic
• Heavy Cream
• Parmesan
• Salt & Pepper
• Fresh basil

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How to make Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce

This is just the overview so you can see what you’re actually getting into here. When you are cooking, you’ll want to use the full recipe at the bottom of the page.

1. Start your pasta water – This recipe cooks pretty fast, so you’ll want to start the water first. Make sure it is well-salted, and get it to a rolling boil and cook that pasta while you make the cream sauce.
2. Sauce time – Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium and add in the roasted garlic cloves. Stir around for a minute and then add in your cream. Let the mixture simmer for 10 minutes or so, until it reduces by about half. Remove from heat. Stir in the parmesan cheese. Add the fresh basil (if using.)
3. Toss – Toss the sauce with the pasta and enjoy!

Try as a side with a Traeger T-Bone!

Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce FAQ

Serve with a Smoked Pork Tenderloin

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