Vodka Pasta

 

Prep/ Cooking Time: 35 Minutes

Serves:

Ingredients:

  • 3 tbsp Butter
  • 1 Minced Shallots
  • 2 Minced Garlic Cloves
  • ½ cup Tomato Paste
  • ½ tsp Chilli Flakes
  • 2 tbsp Vodka
  • 500g Dried Rigatoni or Penne Pasta
  • ½ cup Thickened Cream
  • ½ cup Grated Parmesan, plus more for serving
  • Basil for serving
  • Salt

Method:

  1. In large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add shallots and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until they become softened.

  2. Add tomato paste and chilli flakes to the skillet. Continue cooking and stirring frequently until the paste thoroughly coats the shallots and garlic begins to darken.

  3. Pour Vodka into the skillet and stir to incorporate, making sure to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. Turn off the heat.

  4. In a large separate large pot, bring salted water to medium heat. Add 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water and the thickened cream to the skillet, stirring to combine, Add half of the Parmesan cheese and continue stirring until it melts. Turn off the heat and stir in the cooked pasta.

  5. Fold in the remaining Parmesan cheese, adding more pasta water (about a tablespoon at a time) if the sauce appears dry. 

  6. Taste and season with salt if necessary. Serve the pasta topped with additional Parmesan cheese and torn basil leaves.

 

Ingredients for Vodka Pasta

Shallots Bunch

$1.99 ea
 

Fresh Herbs Basil Bunch

$2.00 ea
 

Mutti Tomato Paste 130g

$2.49 ea
 

Shallots half bunch

$1.49 ea
 

Barilla Pasta Penne Rigate N.73 500g

$2.50 ea
 

Lurpak Butter Slightly Salted 250g

$5.80 ea
 

Lurpak Butter Unsalted 250g

$5.80 ea
 

Ballantyne Butter Salted Traditional 250g

$6.79 ea
 

Barilla Pasta Rigatoni N.89 500g

$2.50 ea
 

Fresh Herbs Basil Pot Each

$3.50 ea
 

Bulla Cooking Light Thickened Cream 300ml

$3.70 ea
 

Mutti Tomato Paste Double Concentrated 140g

$1.99 ea
 
 

Barilla Pasta Penne Lisce N.71 500g

$2.50 ea
 
 

Norco Thickened Cream 300mL

$3.20 ea
 

Shallots Organic Bunch

$5.99 ea
 

Norco Thickened Cream 600mL

$5.50 ea
 

Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 240g

$7.99 ea
 
 

Chef's Choice Himalayan Pink Fine Salt 1kg

$5.99 ea
 

Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 125g

$5.99 ea
 

Chef's Choice Himalayan Pink Rock Salt 1kg

$5.99 ea
 

San Remo Gluten Free Penne 350g

$3.99 ea
 
 

Ciao Double Concentrate Tomato Paste 140g

$0.50 ea
 
 
 
 

Golden Shore Evaporated Sea Salt 1kg

$2.49 ea
 
 

Garofalo Pasta Penne Rigate N.70 500g

$0.00 ea
 

Tasman Sea Salt Flakes 250g

$8.99 ea
 
 

Pastificio Penne Zite 500g

$8.49 ea
 

Sosalt Iodised Sea Salt 250g

$3.29 ea
 

Harris Farm Pasta Penne Rigate 500g

$1.00 ea
 

Rummo Chickpea Pasta Penne 300g

$5.99 ea
 

Australian Lake Salt Fine 250g

$3.39 ea
 

Spice and Co Chillies Crushed 60g

$3.69 ea
 

Belvedere Vodka 700ml

$69.99 ea
 

Lurpak Butter Slightly Salted 400g

$8.00 ea
 

Lurpak Butter Unsalted 400g

$8.00 ea
 

True Organics Unsalted Butter 250g

$6.99 ea
 

Gourmet Organic Herbs Chilli Birds Eye 20g

$3.99 ea
 

Olssons Table Sea Salt Drum 500g

$2.99 ea
 

Symons Organic Dairy Salted Butter 250g

$6.99 ea
 
 

Symons Organic Dairy Unsalted Butter 250g

$5.99 ea
 

Three Foxes Organic Vodka 700ml

$67.99 ea