VODKA SAUCE
INGREDIENTS:
1/4 CUP OLIVE OIL, 2 TBS BUTTER, 1 DICED SHALLOT, 6 CHOPPED GARLIC CLOVES, 6 OUNCE TOMATO PASTE, 2/3 CUP VODKA, 1/2 CUP HEAVY CREAM, 1/2 CUP PARMESAN CHEESE, 1/2 TSP SALT AND PEPPER, 35 OUNCE CAN WHOLE TOMATOES BROKEN INTO SMALL PIECES., 1/2 CUP CHICKEN STOCK
OPTIONAL ADD ONS: PASTA & LOBSTER TAILS
IF YOU WANT IT SPICY, ADD 1 TSP CRUSHED RED PEPPER.
GARNISH: LOTS OF FRESH BASIL, CRISPY PROSCIUTTO
SAUTE THE SHALLOT AND GARLIC IN THE BUTTER AND OIL, ADD EVERYTHING ELSE AND SIMMER FOR A HALF HOUR STIRRING OFTEN. THEN I PUT THE CHOPPED LOBSTER MEAT INTO TO THE SAUCE AND SIMMERED ON LOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL 20 MINUTES.
I BAKED PROSCIUTTO IN THE OVEN UNTIL CRISPY, CHOPPED IT UP AND SET IT ASIDE UNTIL THE END.
I TOOK LOBSTER TAILS OUT OF THE SHELL AND BOILED THE SHELLS IN A BIG POT OF WATER WITH 1 TBS SALT FOR 2O MINUTES TO GET THE FLAVOR IN THE WATER AND THEN BOILED MY PASTA IN THAT LOBTER WATER.
ANY PASTA WILL DO. I USED FRESH BUCATINI
GARNISH WITH PROSCIUTTO AND BASIL AND EVEN SOME MORE FRESHLY SHAVED PARMESAN CHEESE
