rigatoni pasta with easy vodka cream sauce
1. Bring pot of water (with pinch of salt) to a boil.
2. Peel and finely chop 1 onion.
3. Firmly smash 4 garlic cloves with the flat side of a chef’s knife and remove peel.
4. Grate 4 oz. Parmesan on the smallest holes of the box grater.
5. Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a Dutch oven over medium (position it next to pot of water). Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring constantly, just until onion is starting to brown around the edges, 5–7 minutes.
6. Add entire 4.5-oz. tube tomato paste and ½ tsp. red pepper flakes and stir until paste evenly coats onion. Continue to cook, stirring often, until paste is deep red and starting to brown on bottom of pot, 5–7 minutes.
7. Add 2 oz. vodka to deglaze pan and stir to incorporate, scraping bottom of pot. Reduce heat to low.
8. Using a heatproof glass measuring cup, scoop about ¼ cup boiling water from pot, then add ¾ cup heavy cream to measuring cup (this brings up the temperature of the cream so it won’t break when you add it to the pot).
9. Slowly add warmed cream to Dutch oven, stirring constantly, until a smooth sauce forms. Remove from heat.
10. Add 1 lb. rigatoni to pot of boiling salted water and cook according to package instructions until al dente. About 1 minute before the timer goes off, use heatproof measuring cup to scoop up about 1 cup pasta cooking liquid. Heat Dutch oven over low.
11. Using a spider, transfer rigatoni to Dutch oven along with any water that’s piggybacking on the pasta.
12. Add ½ cup pasta cooking liquid to Dutch oven and stir to incorporate, then gradually add half of Parmesan, stirring constantly to melt cheese. You should have a smooth, glossy sauce that coats each piece of pasta. Season with salt and add a splash more pasta cooking liquid to thin sauce, if needed.
13. Divide pasta among bowls. Top with remaining cheese, dividing evenly.
14. Drizzle with more oil, then tear basil leaves over.
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (246g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 4 Servings | ||
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Calories: 592 | ||
Calories from Fat: 188 (32%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 20.9g | 28 % | |
Saturated Fat 10.7g | 53 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 6.3g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 2g | ||
Cholesterol 138.3mg | 43 % | |
Sodium 511.4mg | 18 % | |
Potassium 334.5mg | 9 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 68g | 20 % | |
Dietary Fiber 0.8g | 3 % | |
Sugars, other 67.2g | ||
Protein 24.9g | 36 % | |
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Calories per serving: 592
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