ROASTED GARLIC PARMESAN SAUCE

This outrageously delicious garlic Parmesan sauce has wonderful rich flavors from roasted garlic and Parmesan cheese. Toss with pasta, pour it over roasted veggies, use it as dipping sauce or even as pizza sauce.

creamy Parmesan garlic sauce in blue bowl with text overlay

We love to make sauce that serves more than one purpose. If you want an all-rounder-sauce that can be used as many things – as pasta sauce, for dressing roasted veggies, that can go with chicken wings as dipping sauce, or use it as pizza sauce, perfect any way you want to use it.
Garlic is wonderful in Parmesan cheese. And adding roasted garlic makes this cheesy sauce rich in flavors and brings out the sweetness of garlic making it outrageously delicious!
I’m all about flavors! I love how adding garlic transforms a dish into one-amazing-flavor-packed one! Rich, sweetness from roasted garlic and saltiness from Parmesan cheese will make any dish pack with flavors.

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Sauce
One of the simplest sauces you’ll ever make. It’s smooth, light and finger licking good! It’s not too buttery or dense. This easy to make garlic Parmesan white sauce is made starting with roux – butter & flour. Roux is thickener for creamy garlic Parmesan sauce.
Add seasonings, milk, cheese and little heavy cream in the end. This creamy garlic Parmesan sauce continues to thicken as you stir and cook further. It thickens really fast as it sits as well. So remove the sauce off the stove even BEFORE it reaches the desired consistency.
Does this mean you have to make the sauce and use it immediately? Absolutely NOT! This garlic Parmesan white sauce can be made ahead of time, and stored in fridge or frozen for longer storage.
Reheat sauce and thin it with milk or stock and use it to toss with pasta or as dipping sauce.

pouring luscious garlic Parmesan sauce from a spoon in blue bowl

How to Roast Garlic

Method 1 :
I always prefer to roast whole garlic packed in aluminium foil in oven. Drizzle olive oil and sprinkle salt over garlic, pack whole garlic head in aluminium foil and roast in pre-heated oven at 350 F for 25-35 minutes.
For Parmesan sauce I prefer to roast garlic just about. Not roast them brown. When roasted for longer, garlic begins to turn brown and caramelize. Which it’s great with other dishes, for creamy garlic Parmesan sauce I like to roast to the point it begins to brown so it doesn’t change the color of this cheese sauce.
Remove roasted garlic from oven. Let it cool down a bit. Separate each garlic clove and squeeze it holding the tip. Garlic comes out off the peel easily. If it doesn’t come off peel by squeezing, simply hold the peel and pull if off.
Roasted garlic can be stored in fridge for about a week and use it in any dish you want.

Method 2 :
Alternatively you can peel garlic and put them in small baking ramekins. Pour olive oil over garlic. Cover the ramekin with aluminium foil. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 F for about 20-25 minutes.
Remove ramekin from oven, let it cool down little. Remove garlic from olive oil, mash/finely chop it. Use in your favorite dish.

What You Need For Roasted Garlic Parmesan Sauce Recipe

Handful of ingredients like –

Butter
Plain flour
Chicken stock or vegetable stock or water
Milk
Salt and pepper to taste
Heavy cream
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Dried oregano, basil and thyme

creamy Parmesan garlic sauce ingredients

How To Make Garlic Parmesan Sauce

Start by making roux – butter & flour. Roux is thickener for creamy garlic Parmesan sauce.
Melt butter and saute roasted garlic in melted butter for a minute. Add flour, whisk constantly to cook flour in butter for about 5 to 8 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring, else lumps will form and flour can burn.
Add liquids – chicken stock and milk. Stir frequently.
Add seasonings – salt and pepper to taste and dried herbs. Whisk and stir. Cook stirring frequently for about 12 minutes. Finally add cream and freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Whisk and cook on low flame until cheese melts completely in the heat.
This creamy cheesy Parmesan sauce continues to thicken as you stir and cook further. It thickens really fast as it sits as well. So remove the sauce off the stove even BEFORE it reaches the desired consistency.

Ways To Use Creamy Parmesan Garlic Sauce

Garlic Parmesan sauce can be used in so many ways.
Use it to toss pasta,
Dress roasted/baked veggies with this luscious sauce,
With chicken wings as dipping sauce,
Use it as a base for mac n cheese,
For pizza sauce.

spaghetti pasta tossed in garlic Parmesan sauce

How To Store Parmesan Cheese Sauce Longer

Yes, you can. This garlic Parmesan white sauce reheats well so you can store in fridge for about a week and for longer storage, simply freeze it for 4 to 5 months.

How To Reheat Parmesan Garlic Cheese Sauce

Take the portion of cheese sauce you want to use in a sauce pan or microwave safe bowl. Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup water depending on the quantity of sauce you use. On low heat stir and reheat until it sauce thins down. Use it in your favorite dish.

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How To Make Garlic Parmesan Sauce – Step-By-Step Photo

Step 1 : First roast garlic. Scroll above to see how to roast garlic in oven.
Step 2 : Melt butter in sauce pan over low heat. Add roasted garlic and saute for a minute or two.

Step 3 : Add flour and cook whisking constantly on low heat.

Step 4 : Pour chicken stock slowly into sauce pan.

Step 5 : Pour in milk, cook sauce on low flame.

Step 6 : Season sauce with salt and pepper to taste. Add dried herbs of your choice to the sauce. Dried oregano, basil and dried thyme adds best flavors.

Step 7 : Cook with constant stirring for about 10-12 minutes on very low flame.

Step 8: Once sauce thickens, add heavy cream, grated Parmesan cheese. Cook until cheese melts.