Begin by dicing 1 medium onion pretty finely. We know, because we've done the tests before. Make sure the heat is very, very low—I put it on the lowest simmer possible. Next, grate up a good cup or so of Parmesan. In a large (3- or 4-quart) saucepan or small Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add the pasta and cook according to package directions ⦠He also zeroed in on what he found to be the ideal amount of vodkaâabout one quarter cup per quart of sauce, simmered for about seven minutes before serving. Most recipes call for penne, and it's an option here, but at Serious Eats we love this sauce even more with rigatoni. The key to this pasta is a house style âpizza seasoningâ with pepperonis on top. Perfect dinner anytime of the week! Transfer sauce to a blender, and blend until very smooth (you may be able to make an immersion blender work, but in our tests the sauce level was too low to safely avoid splattering). Stir in the garlic, oregano, thyme, fennel, and chili flakes, cook another 3-5 minutes, until very fragrant. Add pasta â and the pasta water â to the sauce. A staple of Italian-American red-sauce restaurants across the United States since the 1980s, vodka sauce has a history as opaque as its densely creamy orange hue. The perfect margarita is all about fresh, crisp flavors, barely tempered by sweet triple sec. Where’s your exercise bike? (For you photography enthusiasts, here’s a great example of the challenges of exposure. Let this mixture cook for three minutes. Have you cooked this recipe? While I canât explain exactly why or how, adding vodka to a tomato sauce helps release the acids from the tomatoes and brings out their flavor. - Half Baked Harvest halfbakedharvest.com. Bring to a simmer, then cook, stirring often and crushing the whole tomatoes roughly with a spoon, until sauce has thickened slightly, about 10 minutes. Season lightly with salt. About 1 minute before you transfer pasta to sauce, add vodka to tomato sauce and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat. 1 medium (8-ounce; 225g) yellow onion, diced, One 4 1/2-ounce (130g) tube concentrated tomato paste or 6-ounce (170g) can tomato paste, One 14 1/2-ounce (411g) can whole peeled tomatoes, 1 pound (450g) short tubular pasta, such as rigatoni or penne, 1/4 cup (60ml) vodka, plus more if desired, 2 ounces (55g) grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, plus more for serving. Gently toss the pasta to coat it with the sauce. If sauce thickens too much before pasta is ready, add more pasta water in 1/4 cup (60ml) increments as needed. Give it a stir, making sure the heat’s not too high. Love the way you prepare your food. It just feels right. Cook onion until translucent. 1 lb pasta (penne, rigatoni, or shells would all be good choices here) 8 oz fresh mozzarella, sliced into rounds. 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