Fresh garlic pieces surround the mild tangy taste of lemon and the boldness of black pepper within this smooth creamy sauce. Lemon Peppered Garlic Cream Sauce is THE cream sauce to pour over your favorite pasta!
Making sauces in my kitchen is pretty much a daily ritual.
Like, the spaghetti sauce that simmers all day long… almost weekly.
Or, the quick tartar sauce for fast dipping action.
I could seriously go on and one about so many sauces… only because, I’m a saucy kind of girl.
But, there’s the fast-and-make-it-happen sauce like this Lemon Peppered Garlic Cream Sauce for pasta!
Once you make this sauce, you’ll see how simple and easy it is to make a cream sauce from scratch with natural ingredients.
You’ll be starting the sauce right as you start the water for your pasta. Then, this creamy, tangy, lemony, garlic infused cream sauce is finished right as your pasta is done and drained.
Nice, right?
Add some grilled chicken on top, and you have an amazing meal!
This is a fast cream sauce that needs no jar to open, and no all day simmering.
And, the funnest part is that you get to pour it all over your favorite pasta!
I think I’m a little obsessed with pasta. Not only by inhaling eating it, but there are so many shapes and sizes… and colors!
In case you’re wondering about these fun colored ravioli, I found these Organic Italian Four Cheese Easter Egg Shape Ravioli at Costco. They are created by Nuovo Pasta. The taste of these fun filled pasta shapes with this Lemon Peppered Garlic Cream Sauce is just phenomenal!
Literally melts in your mouth with so much flavor!
- 4 tablespoons (real) unsalted butter
- 1 whole garlic bulb, peeled and minced
- 8 ounce cream cheese, cold or room temperature is fine
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
- 1 1/2 cups half & half, divided
- 1 and a half tablespoons lemon pepper seasoning
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt, to taste
- fresh parsley for garnishing, optional.
- In a large skillet on medium heat, melt butter and saute the garlic for 2 minutes.
- Add cream cheese and 1 cup of heavy whipping cream and seasonings. Whisk together until cream cheese has melted and all combined. It will be thick.
- Whisk in 3/4 cup of half & half and bring it to a simmer for a few minutes. Keep whisking! It will begin to thicken up.
- Add the rest of the of the heavy whipping cream and half & half. Whisk and simmer until it comes to a creamy consistency. Usually takes a few minutes. The longer you let the sauce simmer, the thicker it becomes. If it gets too thick, add a tablespoon of half & half (or milk) at a time.
- Turn temperature down to low.
- Sprinkle in the lemon pepper seasoning, garlic and onion powder. And salt, to taste.
- Ready to serve over your favorite pasta!
- Start making this sauce as soon as you start the process of making your pasta. Everything will be done at the same time and ready to serve!
- Refrigerate any sauce that is leftover in a closed container for up to 3-4 days. To reheat, place in a pot on low heat, instead of the microwave. (The microwave separates the butters in the cream.) It will seem very thick when it is cold. But, as it warms up, it will become nice and creamy again. Remember, it's the cream cheese that is needing to melt again. Add 1 tablespoon of half & half (or 2 teaspoons of milk) at a time to thin out the sauce when heating it back up, if needed.
*I am not being compensated by giving you information about this pasta product. I just wanted to share the love with you!
**What is your favorite pasta and sauce combination?**
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What a gorgeous cream sauce, Gloria! I’m pretty sure I would pour this sauce over just about everything. 😉 LOVE the combo of garlic and lemon. And all of your photos are absolutely beautiful—they capture the amazing creaminess of this sauce! pinned.
Sarah@WholeAndHeavenlyOven recently posted…Roasted Garlic Cheddar Biscuits
My boys use this sauce for pizza sauce with some chicken. You’d love this for sure, Sarah! 🙂
This sounds delicious! I love the added pepper in it, I bet it taste as good as it looks!! and I love, love the colored pasta…I want pasta now because these are so pretty! 🙂
Marti recently posted…Easter Egg Paper Baskets
Thanks so much, Marti! This pasta was really good… I couldn’t stop eating it! (Just one more bite…)
Stopping back by to pin this to the party board. 🙂
Marti recently posted…Color Easter Eggs With A Whisk
You’re so sweet… thanks for the PIN action, my friend!
omg, yum!! Can’t beat pasta and a cream sauce! Hope all is good with you haven’t talked in a while!
Paula recently posted…Raspberry Sauce Recipe
Thanks, Paula! Just been busy entertaining boys on a short Spring break and then a snow day the day after. The joys. lol 🙂
I am all about the cream sauce on pasta! And those ravioli are fabulous!!
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Nancy, thank you!
I know a couple of people (hubs being number one) who’d worship me for making creamy pasta more often. Looks great, Gloria!
Gintare, you are awesome! LOL
Oh my, look at that creamy lemon pepper sauce! And served over the colored pasta is so fun. Great dish, Gloria!
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor recently posted…Stitch Fix – April 2014 Review
Thanks so much, Ashley! The pasta was really fun… and “cooperative” during the photo shoot. 😉
Looks like heaven on a plate! I love pasta too, especially when it’s under a blanket of creamy cheesy sauce! So comforting!
Allie | Baking a Moment recently posted…Banana Split Mini Bundt Cakes
Well put, Allie… I love it!
What a deliciously creative sauce!! Such a great alternative the the normal stuff we through on pasta. Would be great on chicken as well!
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Chris, you’d love this sauce smothered over chicken… my boys love it that way, too! 🙂
This is such a perfect pasta sauce!! Though I love marinara sauce, I can get tired of it! I love the colored pasta you have to go with it!!
Renee @ Two in the Kitchen recently posted…Carrot Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Renee, I LOVE marinara sauce, too. But, I agree about switching it up a bit with some cream sauce. 🙂
Delicious cream sauce that I know I would just eat by the spoonful out of the pot. 🙂
Pamela, I have done that too many times… just one more taste… 🙂
That is the most fun ravioli I’ve ever seen. I would almost feel bad covering it up with that sauce … but then I think about the sauce and am like, nope, give me creamy garlic sauce by the cupful, thank you very much!
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I love making my own sauce and this one looks fabulous! It look so versatile…drizzle it over some veggies or even some french fries!! Yum. 🙂
Tina @ Tina’s Chic Corner recently posted…Galaktoboureko (Greek Creamy Custard Pastry)
Ok, Tina, now you’re talkin! Now I’ve all of a sudden gotten an intense cravings for fries… but then again, it goes on daily! 🙂
This sauce looks so yummy–cream cheese AND half and half and I love that this has the lemon pepper in it. …pinned to try. I am with you. I am a sauce girl too. A good sauce (or dip) makes everything better:) Have a great weekend!
Rachel Kathyg @ onlinesisterhood recently posted…Jam-filled Breakfast Crepes
Rachel and Kathy, you hit it right on… sauce and dip makes everything so much better! Have a fabulous weekend ladies!
I LOVE the colors of that pasta, that is awesome!! I am also a sauce loving gal, and this one has all of my favorites…especially garlic!! I think I will be trying out a dairy-free version on my pasta very soon. 🙂
Lisa @ Cooking with Curls recently posted…Clean Cobb Salad: Clean Eating Challenge 2014
I would LOVE you to share the dairy free version.. I could only have little bits of this sauce. I had to literally hide it from myself last time I made it. Or else I drowned the boys’ pizza with it so I couldn’t have any left. 🙂
You’ve got me craving garlic. Mmm. Sounds wonderful. I bet I could find plenty of things to serve up this sauce with. 🙂
Hope you’re having an awesome Monday Gloria!
Melanie @ Carmel Moments recently posted…Artisan Ciabatta Rolls
Garlic is one of my weakness. Thank you, Melanie!
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How fun is that pasta?? And the sauce, good lord, does that sound good!! I want!! 🙂 Pinned!
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This colorful ravioli looks so pretty especially drenched with that glorious creamy sauce! I love how thick and creamy it looks – I would be one happy camper with a big plate of this – it looks sensational 🙂
Kelly recently posted…Coconut Carrot Cake Oatmeal and a Big Thank You
Don’t you just love this pretty pasta?! This is exactly that kind of sauce you’d want to drown pasta in! Thanks so much, Kelly!
Looks delicious!! I love ravioli and would LOVE this sauce…..although I must say it looks dangerous! (I would definitely inhale!)
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