Easy Creamy Vodka Sauce
Creamy tomato-y vodka sauce: the perfect not-so-fancy but still a little fancy weeknight dinner of your dreams
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 6 oz rigatoni
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic minced or crushed
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp vodka
- 3/4 cup cream
- salt and pepper to taste
Optional Toppings
- fresh basil
- burrata
Instructions
- Cook the rigatoni 1-2 minutes shy of al dente in a large pot of salted water over high heat. Save 3/4 cup pasta water and drain well. The rigatoni will continue to cook in the sauce.
- Meanwhile, while the pasta is cooking, make the sauce. In a sauté or frying pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until soft, 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato paste and cook until slightly caramelized.
- Stir in the vodka and simmer until slightly reduced.
- Add in the cream and bring to a simmer over medium high heat.
- When slightly thick, add the cooked pasta. Cook, stirring, until the pasta is al dente and the sauce is velvety and clings to the pasta, 1-2 minutes. Season to taste.
- Enjoy with fresh basil and burrata, if using.
