Connola's penne with vodka sauce
4 Servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | tablespoon | Olive oil |
1 | Onion; chopped | |
2 | Cloves Garlic; sliced | |
28 | ounces | Can Italian plum tomatoes |
1 | cup | Heavy cream |
¼ | cup | Vodka |
1 | pounds | Penne pasta |
1 | tablespoon | Parmesan cheese |
Crushed red pepper; optional | ||
Parsley; Basil, Chives for garnish |
Directions
Saute onion in olive oil until translucent. Add garlic and saute another 30 sec. Add tomatoes and cook about ½. Add cream, stirring quickly, parmesan, vodka and bring to a boil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
(Sauce can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Serve over cooked pasta. Can garnish with chopped basil, parsley or chives. Sprinkle w/parmesan cheese and red pepper if desired.
From: Connie Rizzo (NOTE: this is what I came up with from Donna Hart's suggestions. Donna also suggested using Pepper Vodka if you like a zip in your sauce.)
Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by Nancy Berry <nlberry@...> on Dec 03, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.