Grammy's Kitchen · Penne alla Vodka · Meaty One-Pot Penne Alla Vodka
One of 67 penne alla vodka recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 67 for brightness among the penne alla vodka recipes we compared. 116 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.2★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 67.
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Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 onion, chopped |
| 454 g | 1 pound lean ground beef |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
| 794 g | 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes |
| 111 g | 1/2 cup vodka |
| 1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes | |
| 119 g | 1/2 cup heavy cream |
| 420 g | 4 cups cooked penne |
| Grated Parmesan cheese, for optional topping |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Italian food without garlic is like clapping with one hand. I used several cloves of minced garlic. also a teaspoon of Italian seasoning. Measure the pasta by volume (4 cups) not weight (one pound).A pound of pasta will overwhelm the sauce. Otherwise a quick a” — a cook
“Pasta measurements off. Not even enough room in the meat mixture for a lb. of pasta.” — a cook