Penne with Vodka

"I can't recommend this recipe enough. It is so simple to make and so delicious."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • 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.
  • Add puree and cream and cook over moderate heat, stirring, for 5 minutes.
  • Stir in ham, Tabasco and salt to taste.
  • Cook penne until al dente.
  • In a large serving bowl, toss penne with sauce.
  • Sprinkle Parmesan over and serve immediately.

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Reviews

  1. 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.
     
  2. 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!
     
  3. 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!
     
  4. 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!
     
  5. 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!
     
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  1. 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.
     
  2. 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!
     
  3. I gave 4 stars because I forgot to buy vodka, and for some reason I thought it had bacon (instead of ham), so of course I bought bacon. Anyhow, it was very good done this way, but I will try next time to use vodka so I can appreciate the original recipe!
     

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