You Won't Be Single For Long Vodka Cream Pasta

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 shallots, minced
• 1 cup vodka
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 (32 ounce) can crushed tomatoes (32 ounces)
• coarse salt
• pepper
• 16 ounces pasta, such as penne rigate
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 20 leaves fresh basil, shredded

Recipe

• 1 heat a large skillet over moderate heat. add oil, butter, garlic, and shallots. gently saute shallots for 3 to 5 minutes to develop their sweetness. reduce vodka by half, this will take 2 or 3 minutes.
• 2 add chicken stock, tomatoes. bring sauce to a bubble and reduce heat to simmer. season with salt and pepper as much as you like.
• 3 while sauce simmers, cook pasta in until cooked to al dente.
• 4 stir cream into sauce. when sauce returns to a bubble, remove it from heat. drain pasta. toss hot pasta with sauce and basil leaves.
• 5 this recipe will make enough for 2 couples. to serve a romantic dinner just for 2, reserve half the sauce to freeze for another supper before the addition of basil, and only cook half the pasta.