Recipe Tomato Vodka Cream Sauce
Add red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute.
Recipe tomato vodka cream sauce. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Working carefully stir in vodka scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. To assemble the sauce first you sauté white onion and garlic in olive oil.
Add tomatoes milk and seasonings and simmer for 15 minutes stirring occasionally. Heat olive oil over medium heat and add garlic. This processes infuses the spiciness of the red pepper flakes into the base of the sauce and also sweetens the onions.
Cook stirring frequently until the liquid is reduced by about half. You can re heat tomato vodka cream sauce in a saucepan bringing it to a simmer. Remove lid and add vodka and simmer for another 10 minutes letting the sauce thicken slightly.
Cook onion and garlic in oil 3 to 4 minutes stirring constantly until crisp tender. Stir in tomatoes and vodka and continue cooking the mixture for 5 7 minutes until slightly reduced stirring occasionally. Add the broth and vodka to the pan and bring to a simmer.
Lower the heat slightly add the cream and simmer until the sauce has reduced and thickened slightly about 2 to 3 minutes. Cook for 2 minutes until softened do not brown. You can do this by adding a little water but it s a nice idea to add a teaspoon or two of vodka as well to bring back the kick that makes this sauce so delicious.
You might however want to thin the sauce a little. Then you add the red pepper flakes and vodka. Add garlic and shallots and cook stirring frequently until tender about 4 5 minutes.