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    PENNE WITH VODKA SAUCE


    List of Ingredients


    • 2 TEASPOONS OLIVE OIL
    • 1 MEDIUM SIZE ONION, CHOPPEDD
    • 2 TABLESPOONS WATER, OPTIONAL
    • 6 OUNCES LEAN CANADIAN BACON, DICED
    • 1/4 CUP VODKA
    • 1 POUND PENNE OR OTHER SHORT SHAPE PASTA15 OUNCE CAN DICED TOMATOES
    • 8 OUNCE CAN TOMATO SAUCE
    • 12 KALAMATA OLIVES, PITTED AND QUARTERED
    • 1/2 TEASPOON SUGAR
    • 1/4 TEASPOON SALT
    • 1/4 TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER
    • 3 TABLESPOONS GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE
    • 1/2 CUP FAT FREE HALF AND HALF
    • 1/4 CUP LOOSELY PACKED FRESH BASIL LEAVES, SHREDDED


    Instructions


    1. BRING A LARGE POT OF LIGHTLY SALTED WATER TO BOILING. ADD PASTA TO WATER AND COOK UNTIL AL DENTE, TENDER YET FIRM
    2. HEAT OIL IN LARGE SKILLET OVER MEDIUM HIGH HEAT, ADD ONION AND COOK 10 MINUTES, UNTIL SOFTENED, ADDING WATER IF NEEDED TO PREVENT STICKING. ADD CANADIAN BACON AND VODKA, COOK 3 MINUTES. REDUCE HEAT TO MEDIUM.
    3. ADD TOMATOES, TOMATO SAUCE, OLIVES, SUGAR, SALT AND PEPPER TO SKILLET, COOK OVER MEDIUM HEAT STIRRING 12 MINUTES.
    4. DRAIN PASTA, TRANSFER TO BOWL.
    5. ADD PARMESAN, HALF AND HALF AND BASIL TO SKILLET, HEAT THROUGH AND TOSS WITH HOT PASTA.
    6. 6 SERVINGS, $1.15 PER EACH SERVING
      SOURCE: FAMILY CIRCLE, 10/3/00
    7. 397 CALORIES
      7 GM FAT
      2 GM SATURATED
      17 GM PROTEIN
      63 GM CARBOHYDRATE
      3 GM FIBER
      919 MG SODIUM
      13 MG CHOLESTEROL
 

 

 

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