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Categories: Comfort Food, Dinner, Italian, Kid Friendly, Lunch, Main Courses, Make Ahead, Party Foods, Pasta Sauces, Side Dishes, Summer Fun, The Lazy Way To Cook, Week Nights, Weekend Fun, Winter Warmth
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Tags: Comfort Food, Dinner, Garlic, Ground Pepper, Heavy Cream, Italian, Italian Cooking, Italian Plum Tomatoes, Kid Friendly, Kosher Salt, Lunch, Main Courses, Make Ahead, Olive Oil, Pancetta, Parigiano Reggiano Cheese, Party Foods, Pasta, Pasta Sauces, Penne Pasta, Side Dishes, Summer Fun, The Lazy Way To Cook, Victoria Hart Glavin, Vodka, Week Nights, Weekend Fun, Winter Warmth
Victoria’s Vodka Sauce
Another answer to cooking dinner on a hot day. Don’t turn on the oven. Whip up my delicious and quick sauce that has a splash of vodka. Pour over any pasta of your choice; throw together a simple salad and you’ve got a nice weeknight meal.
INGREDIENTS
4 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1/4 Pound Diced Pancetta
1/3 Cup Vodka
28 Ounce Can of Diced Italian Plum Tomatoes
1/3 Cup Heavy Cream
1/8 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
1/8 Teaspoon Freshly Ground Pepper
1 Clove Minced Garlic
Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
In a large skillet heat the olive oil over a medium heat. Add the minced garlic and diced pancetta and sauté for 3 minutes until the pancetta is light in color. Turn the heat down and remove the skillet. Slowly add the vodka and return the skillet back to the burner. Be careful not to start a kitchen fire. Stir the vodka until it has almost evaporated. Pour in the entire can of diced Italian plum tomatoes, juice included. Stir. Add the cream, kosher salt and pepper and let simmer for 15 minutes. You want the sauce to have a medium thick consistency. I like to serve my vodka sauce over penne pasta, but you can serve it over any pasta that you like. Sprinkle with freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and you’ve got yourself a feast! Serves 4
