Rigatoni Spicy Vodka Sauce Recipe

 

RIGATONI with SPICY VODKA SAUCE

RIGATONI VODKA SAUCE (Regular or Spicy)

RECIPE

3 tablespoons Olive Oil

cloves Garlic, peeled and minced fine

1/2 cup Onion, minced fine

1/2 teaspoom Red Pepper Flakes, or more if you like

2 tablspoons butter

2 cups Italian Tomato Passata (tomato puree)

2 tablespoons Tomato Sauce

10 fresh Basil Leaves, washed, dried, torn into pieces

1 cup Heavy Cream

1/2 teasppon each of Salt & ground Black Pepper

3/4 cup Grana Padano or Parmigiana Reggiano Cheese, grated

1 pound Imported Italian Rigatoni, Penne, or any shor maccheroni you choose

Add Olive Oil, and Onions to a large pan and cook on low heat for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook two minutes on low heat.

Add Red Pepper and cook for one minute on low heat.

Add the Tomato Passata (puree), and Tomato Paste. Cook for 20 minutes on low heat.

Add Vodka to a large non-corrosive frying pan and cook on high heat for 3 minutes, until Vodka has reduced by half. Add the Tomato Sauce and cook 5 minutes on high heat, stir with a wooden spoon as you cook.

Add Heavy Cream and Basil and cook on high heat until the sauce begins thicken. Add 1/3 of the grated cheese and cook for 2 minutes on low heat. Add half the Butter and stir.

Cook the Pasta in a large pot of Salted water. Cook according to the directions on pasta package.

Drain pasta in a colander when cooked. Retrun the cooked Pasta back into the pot it cooked in. Add half of the Vodka Sauce and stir.

Add 1/3 more of the cheese and the remaining Butter and mix.

Serve 6 equal protions of Pasta for each person, and serve with Grated Cheese on the side.

NOTE : To make regular Penne ala Vodka, omit the Red Pepper from above recipe and serve.

               Use Penne, Rigatoni, or whatever Pasta you like.

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