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. 🙂
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heirloom tomato vodka sauce
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Entree
- Method: Sautee
- Cuisine: Italian, American, Seasonal, Farmer's Market
Description
here is a recipe for pasta with an heirloom tomato vodka sauce that will light your tomato-loving, seasonal ingredient heart on fire!
Ingredients
Vodka sauce
- 3 lbs of heirloom tomatoes, any kind – grated
- 1 yellow onion, chopped very very finely
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup of vodka
- 1/2 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.
yum!
Keywords: pasta, heirloom tomatoes, vodka sauce, creamy pasta, pasta recipes, homemade marinara
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