Penne with vodka sauce

One of the most iconic recipes from the 80s, penne with vodka sauce was created
in Italy mixing some typical ingredients with the exotic flavor of vodka. You
will love it!

Servings: 4 people

Author: Roberto

Prep Time
5 minutes

Cook Time
35 minutes

Total Time
40 minutes

Course:

Main Course Primo

Cuisine:

American Italian

Keywords:

Pasta easy Tasty Delicious creamy energetic

🧂 Ingredients

400 gr penne rigate

"rigate" means ridged
half onion
100 ml vodka

my favorite: moskovskaya
250 ml fresh milk cream
200 gr smoked bacon
400 gr peeled tomatoes

tomato sauce can be an alternative
q.s. salt
q.s. extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

1 Start cutting the onion in slices and browning it in the pan, with the extra
virgin olive oil.
2 When the onion is brown, add the diced bacon and make it gently fry.
3 Pour the vodka and rise the heat until it evaporates.
4 Add the tomato sauce (or peeled tomatoes), a pinch of salt and let it cook at
low heat for about 20 minutes. Keep the pan covered.
5 Add the fresh milk cream and let the sauce gently cook for a couple of minutes.
Pay attention not to dry it.
6 In the meanwhile you should have cooked the penne in salted water. Remove them
from water when "al dente" and pour them into the pan. Mix the penne with the
sauce for about one minute, with medium-high heat, until it's creamy. Now it's
ready!