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Homemade Creamy Vodka Pasta

Creamy Vodka Tomato Sauce

A homemade creamy vodka pasta sauce made from scratch that's easy to make and oh so delicious!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course, Pasta
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1/2 Onion diced
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1 can Diced Tomato
  • 1/2 cup Vodka
  • 1/4 cup Fresh Basil
  • 1 cup Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
  • 1 cup Heavy Cream
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese finely grated (optional)
  • 8 oz Pasta

Method
 

  1. Pre-heat a large sauté pan with olive oil and fry onions until they are soft and translucent, then add garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
  2. Add tomatoes, vodka, fresh basil and pepper sauce to the pan and bring liquid to a boil, cover, lower the heat and let liquid simmer for at least 30 minutes.
  3. Start preparing pasta as per package instruction once sauce has been simmering for at least 30 minutes.
  4. While pasta is cooking, remove sauce from the heat and puree about 1 cup of sauce, then mix it back into the larger pan.
  5. Let sauce cool for 5 minutes then mix in cream.
  6. Once noodles are done, drain them and mix them into the sauce, top with parmesan and serve!

Notes

Recipe adapted from Julia's Album "Penne Pasta in Creamy Vodka Tomato Sauce with Mushrooms".