Sausage Vodka Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 cup tomatoes, found these great colorful grape tomatoes
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- half an onion diced, or one large shallot
- 1/4 cup chopped basil
- 1 lb sweet Italian sausage
- 1/4 cup good olive oil, we used @agricola\_maraviglia
- 1/3 cup tomato paste
- red pepper flakes, to taste depending on spice level you desire
- 3 tbsp vodka
- 1 cup cream
- 1/2 lb fusilli or any pasta, adjust recipe based on quantity of pasta
- save 1/2 cup pasta water!
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/3 cup grated parm
- salt & pepper to taste
Preparation
- 1
prep your ingredients: half tomatoes, mince garlic, dice onion, chiffonade basil, remove casing on sausage
- 2
add half the olive oil and brown sausage, remove from pan
- 3
add your veggies and remaining olive oil
- 4
let cook down for 3-5 minutes then add tomato paste and red pepper flakes (as much or as little as you want) - let caramelize!
- 5
now start making your pasta, salt water heavily and save that pasta water once pasta is almost done!
- 6
add vodka and cook off for 2 minutes, then add cream, sausage back, and a little pasta water (keep adding to thin sauce) on low heat
- 7
add fusilli, butter, parm, and basil, top with more parm as desired!