Vodka pasta (penne alla vodka)
- Anna Glover
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Serves 2
Easy
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 15 mins
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Penne alla vodka is a popular vodka pasta dish. Vodka combines with the freshness of passata to create a silky, slurpable sauce that clings well to pasta
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Make our vodka pasta, also known as penne alla vodka, then check out our one-pan sausage pasta, chicken and tomato mascarpone pasta, penne arrabbiata, baked feta pasta, halloumi pasta and cheeseburger pasta. We've also got plenty more pasta recipes to try, along with our best passata recipes.
Perfect Vodka Pasta: Anna's Tips
- Only cook the garlic for a few seconds until fragrant or it will brown too much and add bitterness to the dish. You just want it to warm through until you can smell it.
- A lot of vodka pasta recipes use tomato purée instead of passata, but we loved the freshness and acidity passata offers, and it also creates a silky, slurpable sauce that clings to the pasta well. You can use 5-6 tbsp of tomato purée with 200ml of water, if you prefer.
- The alcohol will evaporate during cooking so is only added for an extra dimension of flavour.
How to serve vodka pasta: Serve in shallow pasta bowls, with an extra grating of parmesan and a few basil leaves.
Vodka pasta (penne alla vodka) recipe
Ingredients
Nutrition
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1 tbsp butter or olive oil
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2 garlic cloves
crushed
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pinch of dried chilli flakes
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50ml vodka
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250ml passata
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150ml double cream or mascarpone
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1 tsp sugar
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2 tsp red wine vinegar
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200g pasta tubes
(we used rigatoni)
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25g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative)
finely grated, plus extra to serve
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basil leaves
to serve
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal931
- fat51.7g
- saturates31.3g
- carbs81.3g
- sugars10.9g
- fibre6.5g
- protein19.5g
- salt0.4g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the butter or oil in a deep frying pan over a medium heat, cook the garlic and chilli for a few seconds, then add the vodka and bubble for a minute.
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step 2
Add the passata and simmer for 10-15 mins or until thickened. Season with salt, pepper, the sugar and vinegar.
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step 3
Cook the pasta following pack instructions, and add a ladle of the pasta water to the tomato sauce, along with the cream.
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step 4
Drain the pasta and add to the sauce, stirring well. Add a little more of the pasta water to loosen the sauce if needed.
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step 5
Stir in the cheese until melted and season to taste.
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step 6
Serve with extra parmesan and a few basil leaves.
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Anna GloverSenior food editor
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