Vodka sauce

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Vodka sauce
Sauce
Place of origin:
Italy
Main ingredient(s):
Tomato sauce, vodka, typical Italian herbs, heavy cream
Recipes at Wikibooks:
Vodka sauce
Media at Wikimedia Commons:
Vodka sauce

Vodka sauce is an Italian sauce made from a smooth tomato sauce, vodka, typical Italian herbs and heavy cream, which gives the sauce its distinctive pink coloration. It gained popularity in the 1970s, when a variation won a national recipe contest in Italy.^{[citation needed]} It is a key ingredient in penne alla vodka, although it may well have been a sauce before its popularization in the 1970s.

The vodka's function is, ostensibly, to release flavors in the tomato that are normally inaccessible; using alcoholic beverages for this purpose is common in Italian cooking, although usually accomplished with wine.^[1] Store-bought and homemade versions do not contain alcohol due to its evaporation when heated.

References

↑ Moskin, Julia (21 March 2007). "It Boils Down To This: Cheap Wine Works Fine". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

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Varieties	Arrabbiata sauce Bolognese sauce Checca sauce Marinara sauce Neapolitan sauce Neapolitan ragù Ragù Sugo alla puttanesca Sugo all'amatriciana Tomate Frito Tomato sauce Vodka sauce

Manufacturers & Brands	Barilla Group Bertolli De Cecco Del Monte Foods Emeril's H. J. Heinz Company Hunt's Mezzetta Newman's Own Prego Ragú Saclà Italia

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