Penne alla Vodka
This Penne alla Vodka is a super easy and delicious, restaurant-quality pasta dish with a simple creamy tomato sauce!
Servings 6
Calories 738kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound penne rigate
- 1 tbsp salt for the pasta water
- 3 tbsp butter
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1 shallot minced
- 4 cloves garlic pressed or minced
- 6 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 3/4 cups heavy cream
- 1/3 cup vodka choose as high quality a vodka as your budget will allow
- parmesan for serving
- chili flakes for serving
- parsley for serving
Instructions
- Boil your pasta to al dente in heavily salted water.
- Melt your butter and olive oil together in a pan over medium heat. As they melt, add the chili flakes.
- Add the pressed garlic, shallot and the tomato paste and sautée until the shallot becomes translucent and the garlic and tomato paste are fragrant.
- Add the heavy cream and cook until the sauce darkens. About 5 minutes.
- Add the vodka and cook for 5-6 minutes until the alcohol cooks out.
- Drain your al dente pasta and reserve 1-2 cups of pasta water.
- Add 3/4 cups of pasta water to your sauce and cook until it starts to thicken, about 5-10 minutes.
- Add the pasta to the sauce and allow to finish cooking. If necessary, add a little bit more pasta water - just until the sauce is the desired texture.
- Add fresh grated parmesan, chili flakes, parsley and serve.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1.5cups | Calories: 738kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 1364mg | Potassium: 413mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1538IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 2mg