Secret Recipe Club December
Vodka Tomato cream sauce with penne pasta 1 tsp fresh parsley 1 tbsp fresh basil 2 tbsp greek yogurt (coconut or cow - soy tends to give a bad aftertaste)
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 onion diced
- 2 32 ounce cans whole San Marzano tomatoes
- 1/2 cup vodka
- handful fresh parsley
- few fresh basil leaves if you have it, don't use dried
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup parmesan cheese freshly grated
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 pound of penne pasta
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in sauce pan. Put in onion and garlic until onion is softened, but don't let garlic burn.
- Chop tomatoes and add tomatoes and juice into pot.
- Add in fresh herbs such as parsley and basil (remove later)
- Cook for twenty minutes.
- Add in vodka and cream.
- Stir, simmering on low for twenty more minutes.
- Stir in a 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- Add in crushed red pepper
- Cook pasta to a few minutes before pasta is done.
- Drain pasta reserving 1/3 cup of pasta water.
- Add pasta to sauce. You might also add in pasta water if needed.
- Finish cooking pasta in the sauce.
- Serve with more parmesan cheese