Vodka Cream Pasta

**soul** · October 5th, 2007, 08:24 PM

Ingredients:

olive oil
butter
1-2 teaspoons minced garlic (lmao christine)
1 cup vodka
2 shallots
1 cup chicken stock
800g can crushed tomatoes
pepper to taste
salt to taste
catron heavy cream
packet pasta penne fresh leaves, shredded or torn basil

Put large pot of salted water on to boil.
Heat frying pan. Add oil, butter, garlic and shallot. Gently saute garlic and shallots, 3 to 5 minutes to develope their sweetness. Add vodka. Reduce vodka by half 2 or 3 minutes. Add chicken stock and tomotoes. Bring sauce to a bubble, then reduce heat to simmer. Season with salt and pepper.
While sauce simmers, cook pasta in salted boiling water until al dente, a bit firm to the bite.
Stir cream into the vodka sauce. When sauce returns to a bubble, remove from heat. Drain pasta. Toss hot pasta whith sauce and basil leaves. Serve immediately along with hard bread.

**mrsmac** · October 5th, 2007, 08:26 PM

2 pounds of minced garlic????? Thats nearly a kilo!!!! Holy moly you'd all have to eat it to be able to stand each other the next day LOL

**soul** · October 5th, 2007, 08:32 PM

aw beside that does it not sound nice?

**mrsmac** · October 5th, 2007, 08:34 PM

It sounds delicious!!! I just have to get DH to part with some of his vodka!!

**soul** · October 5th, 2007, 08:40 PM

lmao I am the opposite, my DH hates alchol now!He is a reformed alcholic of 10 years now, so has no interest in the stuff even coming into the hosue, except when I sneak it in for cooking!!!!

**Rouge** · October 5th, 2007, 08:52 PM

OoooOOooo you have reminded me I have been meaning to try Nigellas Vodka Pasta for aaaaages. Its very similar but uses less vodka.

***Shell*** · October 5th, 2007, 09:04 PM

The main thing getting me here is the vodka - sounds nice.
Cailin - surly the more vodka the better??

**soul** · October 5th, 2007, 09:05 PM

you can use however much you want of it really, thats the great part of us all sharing recipes, they are from us mere cooks, and we can just take and pick and choose what we want and dice the rest !!!!

forgot to add, yeah the more the better and sadly, boo hoo, I will never be as good as that nigella women!!!