I mean real vegetables. Like I washed them and cut them up myself. And I cooked them. And I blended them. And I added some vodka and cream for good measure. And I ATE them.
Of course, I don't recommend pumping vodka into your child, but the alcohol content will cook out. It can be left out altogether and you'll still have a delicious pasta sauce. I love the vodka sauce you can buy in a jar, so when I over-ambitiously tried to make my own pasta sauce on a Tuesday night, I decided to experiment. I just happened to have the vodka sitting on top of the fridge and the cream sitting in the fridge.
A few nights later, I used the leftovers as pizza sauce. More restaurants should do such things.
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Veggie Vodka Sauce
makes approximately 3 cups
1 cup diced (peeled) zucchini
1 cup shredded carrot
1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 oz.)
1/2 cup marinara sauce (I used what was leftover in a jar in the fridge.)
1 small diced onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/3 cup vodka
2 T. heavy cream
Pour some olive oil (2 T. or so) into a saute pan, and soften the onions, carrot, pepper, and garlic over medium heat. Add the zucchini a few minutes into it. Stir in the tomatoes and marinara sauce into the pan and let it come to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Remove from heat and let the sauce cool. In a blender or food processor, blend the sauce together to eliminate any chunks. Pour back into the pan. Bring to a simmer again and add the vodka. Cook for about 10 minutes more, then stir in the heavy cream to give it a nice blush color.
Serve over pasta with a sprinkling of shredded or grated Parmesan.
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Sounds yummy! I need to trick myself to eat veggies, too. lol I LOVE zucchini and like to fry some up and add it to spaghetti sauce. So good!
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to try this! I always find veggies in my fridge that are just a day or 2 too far along, so this would be a good use, plus an excuse to cook with alcohol which I've never tried haha
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