Penna ala Vodka

Whenever we dine at Italian restaurant ,hubby always order Penna ala Vodka. On our last Valentine Day celebration,he ordered this dish again. I was curious why he like Penna ala Vodka and offer to cook for him at home. I was "googling" for the recipe but found there are so many version of Penna ala Vodka out there! I understand the main ingredients for the sauce must have Vodka,heavy cream,garlic and tomato! This dish is so scrumptious and delicious,yet simple to make! You might wanna to try to cook this dish at home if you love Penna ala Vodka! Ingredients:

1 box Penna ( 1 lb)

10 cloves garlic (chopped)

5 lbs fresh plum tomato (blend)

1/ 2 lb prosciutto (cut cube or sliced)

1 cup vodka

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 cups heavy cream

1/2 stick butter

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Garnishing:

cilantro or parsley and red pepper flake *optional*

Method:

1:Fill a large stockpot with water at high heat.Let the water rolling boil,add in salt and pasta ,cook until al dented,sieved set aside or cook accordingly to the box instruction .

2:Blend clean and cut plum tomato until fine or puree.Prepare stock pot at medium heat with butter oil,add in garlic ,fry until lightly brown not burn.Add in prosciutto and vodka,let it simmer until vodka burn out.Then add in blended tomato sauce,increase heat to high,until rolling boil.

3:Add in grated Parmesan cheese and heavy cream.Let's simmer again for 12 minutes at medium heat.Lastly add in salt and pepper to taste.

4:Dish the sauce over Penna and serve warm .But I prefer to mix the sauce with Penna in a small pan over low heat for 2-3 minutes,let's the sauce absorbs into Penna.Sprinkle with cilantro and grounds red pepper flake.

5 pounds of cut plum tomatoes Blend or chopped tomato
until fine or puree
meanwhile fried garlic,prosciutto in butter and vodka..Let's it simmer until burn out..

add in blended plum tomato and seasoning,then heavy cream..

Note:

Keep the extra ala vodka sauce in container after cool down in fridge for 2-3 days or freeze for 2 weeks or more.

I would love to share this Penna ala Vodka pasta dish to Presto Pasta Nights ,created by Ruth and this round up is host by Ben of Whats Cooking.Hop over to join the event before March 12th if you're interested:)