📋Spicy Vodka Pasta

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📋Spicy Vodka Pasta

Gigi Hadid pasta a.k.a spicy vodka pasta is luxuriously rich and creamy, insanely easy to make, and absolutely delicious. Tomato paste is cooked in olive oil until caramelized, giving this pasta rich tomato flavors, there’s more – vodka! Vodka elevates the flavors making it a restaurant-quality dish.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Course: Dinner, Main Course, pasta

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: servings

Calories: 1073kcal

Author: Jyothi Rajesh

Ingredients

8 oz pasta short pasta like orecchiette, shell pasta, rigatoni, or bowtie pasta
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 small red onion or 2 shallots
6 cloves garlic minced
½ cup tomato paste
¼ cup vodka
1 ½ cup heavy cream
¼ teaspoon salt adjust to taste
¼ teaspoon pepper adjust to taste
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Handful of fresh basil leaves
2 tablespoon butter
1 cup Parmesan grated

Instructions

Begin by bringing a pot of water to a boil. Generously salt (about 1 tablespoon) boiling water. Cook any short pasta of your choice as per packet instructions. Drain, and reserve about ½ cup of pasta water. Set aside.
Tip: always cook pasta about 1:30 to 2 minutes less than mentioned package instructions. The pasta will further cook in the sauce.
In a large deep pan, heat olive oil. Sauté diced onion until translucent. Once the onion turns soft, add minced garlic and cook for a minute.
Add tomato paste and vodka. Lower heat and cook tomato paste until darkened in color and caramelized. Will take about 3-4 minutes.
Pour heavy cream, add salt, pepper, and red chili flakes.
On low heat stir and cook sauce until blended. Do not boil the sauce or cook on high heat, the sauce will split.
Adjust the consistency of the sauce with pasta water.
Tear a handful of fresh basil leaves and add it to the sauce. Stir.
Once the sauce is blended well, turn off the heat. Add cooked pasta. Stir until pasta is coated in the sauce.
Add freshly grated parmesan cheese, and stir until everything is blended together.
Serve immediately with an additional parmesan cheese and fresh basil on top.

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Notes

Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

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