Are you looking for a quick and easy way to create a delicious pasta dish? Look no further than pink vodka sauce! This creamy, flavorful sauce is sure to become a favorite in your kitchen. Made with simple ingredients like vodka, heavy cream, and tomatoes, this sauce is ready in just a few minutes. It's the perfect way to dress up your favorite pasta, and it's also great for adding a pop of flavor to chicken, fish, or vegetables. So whether you're a busy weeknight cook or just looking for a new recipe to try, give pink vodka sauce a try. You won't be disappointed!
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
VODKA SAUCE WITH MEAT PASTA RECIPE
Homemade vodka sauce with meat is an easy dinner meal you will come back to time again for its delicious flavor and the variety of different ways you can use it to create meals your family loves.
Provided by Karin and Ken
Categories Main Course
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Get out and measure all of your ingredients.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil, onions, and garlic. Sauté until soft (about 5 minutes) stirring occasionally.
- In a blender add the whole peeled tomatoes, sauteed onion and garlic, and the spices (basil, oregano, salt). Blend until a smooth puree.
- Return the blended mixture to the skillet and add the cream and vodka. Stir. Cook over a medium/low heat for 25 minutes stirring often.
- In a pot boil water. Add ½ lb of pasta of choice (penne, rigatoni, bow ties, etc..) and cook according to instructions.
- Turn off heat but let sauce stay on burner.
- Add drained pasta to the vodka sauce and serve. Garnish with desired choice like fresh basil.
- Serve.
- Enjoy every bite!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 462 kcal, Carbohydrate 48 g, Protein 9 g, Fat 19 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Cholesterol 34 mg, Sodium 226 mg, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 4 g, UnsaturatedFat 10 g, ServingSize 1 serving
QUICK AND EASY VODKA SAUCE
I love this served over penne pasta noodles and with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. I use my Recipe #421238 as the base.Make sure the sour cream is at room temperature or it will curdle when you add it to the sauce.
Provided by queenbeatrice
Categories Sauces
Time 40m
Yield 5 cups, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In large, heavy skillet, simmer the marinara sauce and vodka, over low heat, stirring often, for 20 minutes.
- Stir in sour cream and continue to simmer, on low heat, until the sauce is heated through.
- Remove from heat and add the parmesan, salt and pepper.
PASTA IN VODKA CREAM SAUCE
Try step by step recipe for Pasta in Vodka Cream Sauce. Prepared with tomato, cream and vodka, this is an easy yet very delicious Pasta Sauce recipe. You can also make sauce ahead of time and refrigerate it for later use, add chicken or veggies for restaurant-style Pasta Dinner at home. Only 20 minutes Cook Time starting with made-from-scratch Tomato Sauce. The addition of few basic pantry ingredients, vegetables, vodka, and a splash of cream (okay - a generous splash of cream) transforms an humble tomato sauce into a much more luxurious Vodka Cream Sauce. You will love the flavors.This recipe for Vodka Sauce with cream is one of our family-favorite Pasta Sauce. No kidding! This is the reason, I shared Vodka Pasta on blog, (one of very initial recipe) 5 years ago. In-fact, there are many variations of Tomato Cream Sauce such as Pasta Penne Rosa, Masala Pasta that I have shared in these years.Recently, when I made pasta with this creamy vodka sauce again, I decided to revive this recipe. Today, I'm updating the pictures, description, improving the directions, and also adding additional details to make Marinara (the base tomato sauce for Vodka Pasta) Sauce from scratch.Original recipe called for using a good quality marinara/tomato sauce. When I don't have store-bought Marinara Sauce in-hand, I often reach for a can of plum tomatoes from pantry. This is one ingredient I always have in plenty. Really, there are endless list of recipes which needs Tomato Sauce. So, good Canned tomatoes gives me option to make a restaurant quality tomato sauce in minutes. Pasta Puttanesca, Pasta All Norma.. all need magic of Tomato Sauce. Note: I'm soon updating my all-purpose Marinara (Tomato Sauce). Check back again.Key Ingredients for a Tasty Vodka Sauce:Clearly, Vodka Tomato Cream Sauce.. the name says it all. The quintessential three ingredients which make a killer tasty Vodka Sauce are 1) Vodka, 2) A good quality Tomato Sauce, 3) Cream. You can pull a delicious family pasta dinner of Penne All Vodka if you have penne pasta and above three. Vodka Tomato Sauce:To make Tomato Sauce, I start by sauteing onion and garlic until onions are just soft. I use mixture of olive oil and butter for more flavor and rich creamy sauce. Once onions are soft, I cook aromatic for 1 minute before de-glazing pan with Vodka. It is important to cook-off alcohol in vodka before adding tomatoes. (about 3 minutes on medium high heat and onions are infused with delicious and subtle vodka flavor, plus alcohol is gone.) Next, I add pureed plum tomatoes. Pureeing tomatoes before adding to sauce saves time. I don't re-puree the sauce after it is cooked. I personally don't prefer the cooked pureed sauce because it muddles the color/shine/flavor of sauce, making it more soup-like. (If you don't like the onions in sauce, you can puree the sauce after cooking. In that case, you can even use whole crushed tomatoes and puree everything later).Once aromatics and tomatoes are cooked, the oil surfaces on top. This is the clear indication of a good, robust and delicious tomato sauce.Creamy Sauce:In my humble opinion, cream makes Vodka Sauce the Best Vodka Cream Sauce! My family will only eat pasta Vodka Sauce with cream. For silky, signature (restaurant-style) vodka sauce, cream is must have. It is even more important than vodka. :)I add cream and heat sauce very briefly until it thickens a bit and comes together. Cream makes sauce smooth, also mellow-down the flavor of tomato sauce. For best results, use good quality heavy cream (double cream). Note: Half and half (half cream, half whole milk) does good job too and make sauce bit lite.Make Vodka Sauce Ahead of TimeVodka Sauce can be made up-to 3-4 days ahead of time. Only make sure that ingredients used for the sauce were within freshness date. I'm specially referring to cream. Check the fresh date of cream or use following approach:1. Make-ahead Vodka Sauce up-to step 3 in directions. At this time, it will be a Tomato Vodka Sauce. Let it cool and come to room temperature. Pour in tight lid container, refrigerate until ready to use.2. When ready to use, Add back to pan (no more oil needed). Add heavy cream and heat until sauce is creamy. Use as desired.(If you plan to use Vodka Sauce within few days, and cream used is freshly bought. It is okay to even make complete sauce ahead of time and refrigerate.)Pasta for Vodka Cream SaucePasta with Vodka Cream Sauce is the best way to enjoy this homemade sauce. In pasta, I often use one that has groves to hold on to creamy sauce such as Penne or fold into creamy sauce such as Spaghetti. Bow Tie Pasta (used for this recipe when I shared first time, old picture below) also works well.Use of penne makes this recipe signature Penne All Vodka. Use of spaghetti makes this Spaghetti Marinara Cream Sauce Pasta! SO many options! (this is the magic of cooking at home). Add a serving of chicken or veggies and this pasta sauce will still be well received. I promise. Oh, I also recommend layering Vodka Cream Sauce in Lasagna, or use as base for Ratatouille (my personal favorites).Thank you for listening to this Home Chef. :)Save Time - Cook Pasta while Making Sauce:To make Pasta with Vodka Cream Sauce, I cook pasta at the same time I'm making the sauce. This dual work saves me lot of time. By the time pasta cooks, the sauce is almost ready. It needs about 15-20 minutes to make this cream sauce for pasta. Most general pasta brands take 10-12 minutes to cook al-dente plus the water boiling time. (both done about the same time)Once pasta is cooked, add it to ready cream sauce with Parmesan cheese, fresh basil. (Reserve some pasta water to adjust consistency of sauce.)Note: Use a wide, deep saute pan to make sauce, so that you can assemble whole pasta dish in one pan. That's it!Vodka Cream Sauce Pasta is ready to devour! Enjoy! Leftovers are perfect to pack for lunch. (But in-case you enjoyed it all? :) I hope you save some Vodka Sauce because you will be craving "Vodka Cream Sauce Pasta" soon, again!)-Savita x
Provided by Savita
Categories Pasta Main Course
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cook Pasta: To boil pasta, bring pot of water to full boil and add generous amount of salt (approx. 1 tbsp). Boil pasta in this water until al-dente or cook pasta as per package directions (regular penne pasta takes about 11-12 minutes).
- In a wide, deep, heavy bottom pan, heat 2 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp of butter. When butter melts, add diced onion, and garlic. Sweat onions in oil until they are just soft. (2 minutes. Don't let garlic/onion burn.) Add herbs, and chili flakes and continue cooking for 1 minute. Now add vodka and cook for 3 minutes so that alcohol evaporates leaving behind the flavor only. Add pureed tomatoes, with 1/2 tsp of salt. Cook covered for 7-8 minutes or until oil shows on top.
- To make Vodka Cream Sauce, add 1/2 cup heavy cream, and crushed black pepper. Mix well, taste and adjust salt. If sauce feels tart/need more creaminess, add few more tbsp heavy cream, cook with cream for 1-2 minute and then remove from heat.
- Add in cooked/drained pasta, all but 2 tbsp of Parmesan cheese (leave 2 tbsp for garnish) and couple of tbsps of pasta water to sauce. Toss everything very gently. Garnish with fresh basil leaves and some remaining grated Parmesan Cheese. Serve immediately and enjoy easy Italian at home!!
PENNE WITH PINK VODKA SAUCE
I made this recipe for my niece's baptism, it was a huge hit, no leftovers! Optional ingredients include, crushed red pepper flakes, sliced black olives and roasted red pepper strips. Also, you can substitute the cheese of your choice for the mozzarella.
Provided by BIG DADDY
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta
Time 30m
Yield 7
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- In a large skillet, saute garlic in the butter. Add vodka and cook for 3 minutes. Pour in tomatoes and cheese; stir until cheese melts. Stir in heavy cream and heat thoroughly. Mix sauce into hot pasta.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 728.4 calories, Carbohydrate 65.6 g, Cholesterol 125.3 mg, Fat 38.1 g, Fiber 6.4 g, Protein 17.6 g, SaturatedFat 22.9 g, Sodium 483.6 mg, Sugar 2.4 g
CREAMY PINK VODKA SAUCE WITH PENNE
Creamy,Rich,and Smooth vodka sauce. Quick and easy! Use a vodka that you like to drink, if you can't drink it you won't eat this.
Provided by Rita1652
Categories Sauces
Time 15m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Put the olive oil into the pan and add the onions and garlic.
- Turn on the heat to medium-low and gently cook for a few minutes.
- Add the red pepper flakes cook 1 minute add crushed tomatoes.
- Raise the heat to medium and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Add the vodka and a pinch of salt and pepper simmer uncovered for about 8 minutes over medium-low heat.
- Add the cream and lower the heat, add drained pasta and toss in parsley.
- Stir to coat well and grate a generous amount of parmesan into the pasta using our microplane grater.
- Serve immediately sprinkled with more parmesan, and red pepper flakes.
PASTA WITH VODKA SAUCE AND SHRIMP
It pays to perfect the classics. Pasta with vodka sauce is an easy dish that is both simple and sumptuous. Adding quick shrimp scampi elevates it to a perfect meal for a date night.
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Place a large pot of water on the stove for pasta. Also put up a deep skillet for sauce and a nonstick skillet for shrimp.
- Gather your ingredients.
- Peel and finely chop the onion.
- In a large deep skillet, heat EVOO, a turn of the pan. Add 2 tablespoons butter and when it foams add the onions. Stir to soften while you peel and chop the garlic. Add 2 cloves of chopped garlic to onions and season with salt. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of chili paste or about 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes. Add vodka and reduce by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Add tomatoes and tear in a few leaves of basil. Reduce heat and simmer sauce, 10 minutes.
- Season pasta water with a fat tablespoon of salt, add penne and cook 1 minute less than package directions, about 8 minutes. Have a mug or measuring cup on hand.
- Add shrimp to a medium bowl and toss with remaining garlic. Thinly slice a lemon and toss with shrimp.
- In the second skillet, heat EVOO, 2 turns of the pan, over medium-high and melt in 2 tablespoons butter. Add the shrimp mixture and toss 2 to 3 minutes; shrimp should be pink and opaque. Add a splash of Pernod or vermouth, the remaining red pepper flakes, a little salt and parsley; toss. Turn off heat.
- Add cream to sauce and stir. Add shrimp to sauce, bring back to a bubble and turn off heat.
- Reserve about 1/2 cup of starchy salty water and drain pasta or transfer to sauce with a spider. Toss pasta with sauce and grated cheese, using water to loosen as necessary.
- Transfer pasta to large serving bowl or to individual shallow bowls to serve.
PINK SAUCE PASTA RECIPE
Pink sauce, also known as a red sauce, rose sauce, or blush pasta sauce, is a tangy tomato cream sauce. What sets pink sauces apart from marinara sauces is the addition of heavy cream.
Provided by Kelsey Todd
Categories Main Course
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cook the PastaCook the pasta according to the directions on the box. Tip: Don't add oil to the boiling pasta. Instead, add 1 tablespoon of kosher salt and stir every few minutes while the pasta cooks. The pasta will NOT stick to itself. Cook until the pasta is al dente.Drain the pasta and save one cup of the pasta water.
- Make the Creamy Tomato SauceIn a medium saucepan, saute the garlic in a few tablespoons of olive oil, on medium heat, for 4-5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and salt & pepper to taste. Bring to a light simmer. Cover the sauce, reduce the heat, and cook for 20 minutes until the sauce has thickened.Add the heavy cream and bring the sauce back to simmer.
- Add Pasta to SauceGrab your cooked pasta and add it directly to the sauce in the saucepan. Next, add the reserved cup of pasta water. Stir the noodles into the sauce and cook for 2 minutes over medium to medium-high heat.It's time to eat! Add the desired amount of pasta to your bowl, garnish with basil, parmesan cheese, and a dash of olive oil. Bon Appetit!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 581 kcal, Carbohydrate 59 g, Protein 10 g, Fat 14 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Sodium 18 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 2 g, ServingSize 1 serving
EASY VODKA SAUCE
This is a great and simple sauce to make. Tastes delicious over any pasta! I especially love it with lobster ravioli.
Provided by MARRIED
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Pasta Sauce Recipes Creamy
Time 1h20m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a skillet over medium heat, saute onion in butter until slightly brown and soft. Pour in vodka and let cook for 10 minutes. Mix in crushed tomatoes and cook for 30 minutes. Pour in heavy cream and cook for another 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 355 calories, Carbohydrate 13.9 g, Cholesterol 89.6 mg, Fat 27.3 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 3.8 g, SaturatedFat 16.9 g, Sodium 291 mg, Sugar 0.6 g
PENNE WITH PINK VODKA SAUCE
Oh sooo good Tomato, Cheese, Vodka and Cream...need I say more??
Provided by Malinda Coletta
Categories Pasta
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. In a large skillet over high add olive oil, allow to heat, turn heat to medium then add garlic and onions. Cook till translucent. Add tomatoes, basil and oregano allow to simmer for 10 minutes
- 2. Place pasta pot on stove and bring to boil. While stirring the sauce. When pasta water begins to boil add a good amount of salt to the water, wait for a rolling boil and add pasta. Cook according to directions on package (about 8 mins)
- 3. While pasta is boiling add vodka allow to cook off (about 2 min) add cream and cheese. Stir and reduce over medium high heat.
- 4. When pasta is done, drain and add to skillet with the sauce. Stir to coat pasta. Plate and add a few leaves of fresh basil.
PINK VODKA SAUCE WITH PASTA
When I'm making spaghetti sauce I set aside and freeze a few dollops of the tomato paste just so I can make this delicious sauce.
Provided by peachez
Categories < 60 Mins
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat, add the shallots and saute till tender and starting to colour (approx. 10 minutes).
- Add the thyme& basil, saute another minute.
- Add the whipping cream and vodka, stirring to mix.
- Simmer until the sauce starts to thicken (approx. 10 minutes).
- Add the tomato paste, 1/2 Cup grated cheese and sliced olives mix, stir to combine.
- Add mixture to cooked/ drained pasta.
- Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 Cup grated cheese and pepper on top of the pasta when ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1006.6, Fat 52.6, SaturatedFat 31.5, Cholesterol 169.3, Sodium 435.7, Carbohydrate 93.4, Fiber 4.3, Sugar 2.8, Protein 24.9
PINK VODKA SAUCE WITH PASTA (FAST & EASY)
No one has to know how simple and quick this recipe is to make. I usually have everything on hand, so it is wonderful for those last-minute dinner guests or late night suppers.
Provided by Alan in SW Florida
Categories Sauces
Time 20m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, combine the butter and vodka. Cook over medium heat just until you can't smell the vodka, about 5 minutes. Add the pasta sauce and cream, stirring until combined, and cook until heated.
- Serve over cooked pasta.
Tips:
- For making the vodka sauce, using a heavy-bottomed pot or saucepan is recommended to evenly distribute heat and prevent scorching.
- To enhance the flavor of the dish, employ ripe and juicy tomatoes. If using canned tomatoes, opt for high-quality brands that deliver authentic Italian taste.
- To make the sauce creamier, consider adding a touch of heavy cream or mascarpone cheese.
- If you are aiming for a spicier sauce, experiment by adding a pinch of red pepper flakes or a dash of cayenne pepper.
- To create a richer flavor profile, consider using a variety of mushrooms, such as cremini, shiitake, or oyster mushrooms.
- For a delightful crunch and nutty flavor, top your pasta dish with toasted pine nuts or chopped walnuts.
- Fresh herbs like basil, oregano, or thyme can elevate the taste of the dish. Sprinkle them on top of the pasta before serving for an aromatic touch.
Conclusion:
In summary, the pink vodka sauce is a delectable and versatile culinary creation that tantalizes taste buds with its creamy texture and vibrant flavors. This recipe offers a convenient and straightforward method for preparing this classic sauce in the comfort of your own kitchen. Whether you prefer it with penne, spaghetti, or your favorite pasta, this dish is sure to become a favorite among family and friends. Experiment with different ingredients, such as mushrooms, herbs, and cheese, to personalize the sauce according to your preferences. Treat yourself to a delightful culinary experience with this exquisite pink vodka sauce that will leave you craving for more.
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