Restaurant Worthy Vodka..... Rigatoni!

Upon checking out the "index" of meals I have in the back of my cookbook for grocery ideas, Vodka Rigatoni was decided upon. Turns out I have a killer recipe to make it from scratch.

Shit, I don't have vodka! There goes making it on Monday when I had free time.
But here I am on Tuesday. I took a lunch break to grab some vodka and couldn't decide - spend money on a decent vodka that I may drink? Or buy something cheap just to cook. I was inclined to buy better vodka but because I only ever drink vodka if its flavored (and I certainly cant cook with flavored) I decided on Nikoli. It was $8.00.

I'm here to say that since the recipe only called for 2/3 cup vodka and lots of quantity of everything else, it didn't matter one bit the vodka was cheap. Score!

It's a pretty involved recipe but surprisingly didn't take all that long.

Ingredients:
1 pound (I use 1 and 1/3) rigatoni, cooked
1 1/2 sticks butter
2/3 cup vodka
29 ounces tomato sauce (Hunt's plain sauce comes in this size can)
3 cups cream
1 cup grated Parmesan

In a large pot, melt butter until foam forms
Add vodka until liquor "browns" off. AKA - 2-3 minutes
Add sauce, bring *just* to a boil
Add cream, bring *just* to a boil
Add cheese
Add cooked pasta
Stir, let stand a few with heat on low if you'd like.

ENJOY!

(This time I added some plain grilled chicken bits. Yum)