Pasta alla Vodka
Creamy tomato sauce spiked with vodka, finished with butter and cream for silky richness. Ready in under 20 minutes on one burner.
- Total time
- 18 min
- Servings
- 2
- Calories
- 580
- Protein
- 16g
Ingredients
- 8 oz penne or rigatoni
- 1 can (14 oz) canned crushed tomatoes
- ½ cup vodka
- 2 tbsp butter
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
Instructions
- 1
Boil salted water in a large pot. Add penne and cook until 1 minute before tender.
- 2
While pasta cooks, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- 3
Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- 4
Pour vodka into the skillet. Let it simmer until smell becomes mellow, 2 minutes.
- 5
Stir in crushed tomatoes with juice. Simmer gently for 4 minutes until slightly thickened.
- 6
Pour cream into the sauce and stir. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- 7
Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup pasta water. Add pasta to the sauce.
- 8
Toss over medium heat for 1 minute. If too thick, add pasta water by the spoonful.
- 9
Serve immediately in warm bowls.
Tools you’ll need
- large pot
- colander
- large skillet (10–12 inch)
- wooden spoon
- measuring cups and spoons
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