How to Make Penne alla Vodka

How to Make Penne alla Vodka Welcome to Hoffmakitchen. Today we’re going to make penne with vodka and spicy cream sauce. It’s a very simple dish to make, I love it and it is going to be your favorite. I promise you. So, let’s get going. We’ll start with the garlic. We’ll chop it up fine and you know how to chop garlic. Take a clove, you cut off the head and then you smash it just like that. Take off the peel and start chopping it finely. So I have your boiling water on the stove. There’s about five quarts of water. I added about a tablespoon and a half of salt to the boiling water. And my penne is about a pound of penne and I'm going to let it boil. While the pasta is boiling, I'm going to prepare the sauce. I'm going to pour about a quarter of a cup of olive oil. The best quality olive oil I can find possibly. I'm going to add on about a half a teaspoon of crushed pepper and about four cloves of garlic that I’ve chopped before and I’m going to have it just sauté slowly just to make sure I don’t burn the garlic. I will set it on low fire and just watch it carefully so it doesn’t burn, it doesn’t turn yellow. So you want it to be just a little bit for about a minute or so turning golden before you add on the tomatoes. So it’s been about a minute, I'm going to add in a pinch of salt and my crushed tomatoes. I'm going to have my sauce cook for about 15 minutes. And my pasta is just about done. You just cook it according to the instructions on the box but this one is done and we’re going to drain it now. I'm going to drain my pasta. You want to make sure it’s drained thoroughly, just shake it up so the water comes out and we are ready to put it into our sauce. And we’re going to add the pasta to the sauce. Mix it well. And we’re going to up—here it goes. We’re going to add on two tablespoons of vodka. That’s about two tablespoons and we’re going to let it just toss it a little bit, let the alcohol come out of the vodka and absorb to the pasta. You toss it well. And now, we’re going to add on one cup of heavy cream and again, toss it again. That’s really nice. We’re going to cover it and let it simmer a very low heat for about a minute or two. Now our pasta has absorbed the sauce. It’s really wonderful. It’s ready to go actually. If you want to serve it for kids who don’t like green stuff, serve it as it is. Or you can add on a quarter of a cup of parsley and mix it in into the penne. I'm not going to do it today since my kids don’t like parsley. So, I'm not going to do it but it’s suggested to mix in some parsley. So, we are ready to serve. And we’re going to serve the pasta in a nice colorful bowl. I love this Palio plate from Italy I bought on my honeymoon actually. And here we have penne alla vodka. And it’s delicious and enjoy.