Pasta with Vodka sauce

(from aloogobi’s recipe box)

Very good on all types of pasta

Categories: Dinner, pasta

Ingredients

  • 4 Tbsp butter
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 cup Vodka (don't use the rot-gut kind!!)
  • 1 cup crushed tomatoes
  • 1 cup half-and-half
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese
  • 1 pound shrimp or scallops (optional)

Directions

  1. Melt butter in skillet, add red pepper flakes and vodka, simmer for 2 minutes.

  2. Add the tomatoes and half-and-half, and simmer for 5 minutes, then add salt.

  3. Cook the pasta and return to pot. Add sauce to pasta, and add parmesan gradually as you stir gently to mix.

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