I am trying to get Danny to like Italian food so I made this sauce for ravioli and he LOVED it !! I have never cooked with vodka before. It was so easy and really good. It is a recipe is one I kinda changed from Cooks Illustrated, they always have the best recipes.
I took a 28 oz can of whole tomatoes and used a hand blender and made sure it was really smooth. I think next time, I would drain some of the juice out before cause it took longer for the sauce to cook down. The recipe called for diced tomatoes but I only had whole.
In a pot I added 2 TBS of olive oil and 1 TBS chopped garlic. Let cook for a min but don't let the garlic burn.
Add about 1 TBS of chopped sun-dried tomatoes. The recipe did not call for it but I love the lil chewy bits in the sauce, they are so sweet. Let cook for a few mins.
Add 1 TBS of red pepper flakes.1/2 TBS sugar, 1/2 cup of vodka and 1 cup of heavy cream. Cook over low heat till its thick and creamy. It took about 1/2 hour. Next time, if I drain some of the juice from the can tomatoes, it won't take as long.
After it was cooked down, I added some salt.
I put it over some ravioli. YUM !!!
It was fun cooking with vodka. The taste was strong at first but after it cooked down, it was very mellow. I still can't believe Danny loved it so much !! It's cool getting him to try new things. !!
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