Pasta with an Heirloom Tomato Vodka Sauce

Here is a recipe that takes seasonal, peak tomatoes. Instead of making a traditional marinara sauce here, you're going to be adding vodka and cream. It's creamy and tangy, and lovely to make your own heirloom tomato vodka sauce. I used a rotini pasta in this recipe but you can really add it to any pasta noodle you prefer. 

I saw an article on The New Yorker that (lovingly) made fun of how so many food blogs spend 10,000 words opening their food blog posts with a deeply personal story. They go on and on and on all about their emotional connection to an ingredient through a past life, how much their husband used to hate said ingredient but now loves it in this recipe. So I am choosing to not do that...this time and cut straight to the point. Blah blah blah feelings feelings feelings. Here we go, onto the recipe 🙂

So in the spirit of NOT doing 10,000 words on my love of heirloom tomatoes or the awesome chickpea-based pasta that Banza hooked up me up with. And trust me, I could ramble on for a while! Instead I'm gonna cut straight to the recipe for this heirloom tomato vodka sauce. 🙂

Pasta with an Heirloom Tomato Pasta Sauce

Mimi Newman

here is a recipe for pasta with an heirloom tomato vodka sauce that will light your tomato-loving, seasonal ingredient heart on fire!

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 50 mins

Total Time 55 mins

Course Entree

Cuisine American, Farmers Market, Italian, Seasonal

Servings 2 servings

Calories 548 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 3 lbs of heirloom tomatoes any kind - grated
• 1 yellow onion chopped very very finely
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 1 teaspoon salt and pepper
• ½ cup of vodka
• ½ cup of cream
• 4 oz of any pasta you like but I used Banza rotini in this recipe

Instructions

 

• In a skillet or pot, heat 1 T of olive oil and saute onion with a pinch of kosher salt, to get them sweating and brown/golden.
• Add in the vodka and deglaze the pan, and let it reduce by half.
• Add in the grated tomatoes and let it reduce by a third or so - 10 minutes on medium heat. Add in a decent amount of salt, more than you think - to taste.
• Add in the cream, and season to taste. Let simmer while you make the pasta.
• Make pasta to directions, then strain and toss with the heirloom tomato vodka sauce.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupCalories: 548kcalCarbohydrates: 68gProtein: 7gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 1296mgPotassium: 11452mgFiber: 9gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 5918IUVitamin C: 97mgCalcium: 81mgIron: 4mg

Keyword creamy pasta, heirloom tomatoes, homemade marinara, pasta, pasta recipes, vodka sauce

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