Penne with Vodka

Submitted by evelynathens

"I can't recommend this recipe enough. It is so simple to make and so delicious."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 2⁄3 cup vodka
• 3⁄4 cup tomato puree
• 1 cup cream
• 5 ounces cooked ham, chopped fine
• 2 drops Tabasco sauce, to taste
• 1 lb penne
• 3⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. Cook onion and garlic in butter over moderate heat, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until softened; add vodka and cook over moderately-high heat for 4 minutes.
2. Add puree and cream and cook over moderate heat, stirring, for 5 minutes.
3. Stir in ham, Tabasco and salt to taste.
4. Cook penne until al dente.
5. In a large serving bowl, toss penne with sauce.
6. Sprinkle Parmesan over and serve immediately.

Reviews

[Artandkitchen]

Thanks Evelyn for this delicious pasta dish!<br/>We prepared this for Valentine's Day using fusilli instead of penne.<br/>This is a thousand star recipe for all pasta lover!<br/>WOW and a big thanks from all of us 4!<br/><br/>I prepared the parmesan in this way: <br/>Sprinkle cheese in the center of a skillet into a disk shape in pan.<br/>Using a spatula shape to hearth.<br/>Allow cheese to get slightly golden underneath, then carefully remove it using the spatula.

 

[georgi]

This was sooooo good! The only changes I made were adding garlic and a bit of fresh rosemary with the onion and butter. I can hardly wait to make this again!

 

[PetsRus]

There is not much to say about this simple tasy dish except that the only thing I did different was adding some fresh garlic, was generous with the Tabasco and that I will make this again!

 

[stormylee]

Om nom nom! So tasty and tomatoey and velvety! Tabasco to taste was, for us, 1 teaspoon. I think the sauce would work well with spicy sausage bits too. Will definitely make again. Thank you Evelyn!

 

[Aarti D.]

Wow!!! This was delicious!!! The only changes I made was that I used my homemade alfredo sauce instead of the heavy cream and I used canned spagetti sauce instead of the tomato puree...however, I followed the measurements perfectly...this was delicious!!! I will definitely make this again!