I have never used hard alcohol in cooking. Wine sure, but adding vodka or any other hard alcohol is something I have never done. I more or less wanted to create an extremely rich tomato sauce that had lots of flavor and not nearly the amount of cream "they" said to put in.
I realized that while making this delicious vodka sauce the cream that is suppose to be in it just makes it that creamy orange color. So I added just enough to make it slightly creamy and give it that creamy orange glow. I took this step to add cream, but I didnt add enough where it would become unhealthy.
I started with 2 cups of sundried tomatoes chopped, a can of fire roasted tomatoes, a can of tomato puree, and a can of tomato paste. This mixture of tomatoes created a perfectly balanced texture and essence of tomatoes.
Combine all the tomato ingredients in a large pot and mix through until it seems incorporated.
Then measure out a cup of vodka.
Then chop up 1 onion with 3 cloves of garlic. Saute in a little evoo until they become fragrant. Once fragrant add the vodka and simmer for about 5 minutes. Don't stand to close to this if you have a sensitive nose. It fills up the kitchen with an extremely strong grainy alcohol smell, but it sure does turn itself into one amazing sauce.
Then add the vodka mixture into your tomato mixture. Mix thoroughly and then add some salt and pepper.
Because this is a fairly rich sauce I tried to use a whole wheat lighter pasta and it turned out beautifully.
Mix your pasta and sauce thoroughly together and plate up. Serve it with a hearty salad and you have yourself an amazing meal for a cold night !!
Enjoy !!!
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