# Spicy Rigatoni with Vodka Sauce

This recipe guides you through making an extra special spicy rigatoni with vodka sauce, highlighting easy steps that are often forgotten.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Rigatoni pasta
- 1 Onion
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Red pepper flakes
- Oregano
- Garlic
- 1 tube Tomato paste
- 0.33 cup Vodka
- 1 cup Heavy cream
- Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

## Instructions

1. Dice an onion.
2. Add salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, and oregano to the diced onions in olive oil in a frying pan.
3. Fry off your spices in the olive oil with the onions.
4. Add garlic and an entire tube of tomato paste to the pan.
5. Cook off the tomato paste thoroughly before adding the vodka.
6. Add 1/3 cup of vodka and 1 cup of heavy cream to the pan and mix it.
7. Turn off the heat on the sauce.
8. Salt the pasta water and add the rigatoni.
9. Remove garlic cloves from the sauce if desired.
10. Reserve some pasta water.
11. Drain the pasta.
12. Mix the pasta with the sauce, reserved pasta water, and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
13. Garnish with fresh parsley.

## Equipment

- Frying pan
- Pot
- Spatula
- Colander

## Tips

- Dice the onion finely, or skip it if you don't like it.
- Fry off your spices in olive oil to enhance flavor.
- Actually cook off the tomato paste before adding vodka.
- Remove garlic cloves from the final sauce if preferred by Italian chefs, though it's optional.
- Take the pasta out a minute before it's al dente to allow it to simmer and finish cooking in the sauce.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdg8QhfS/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e099c52e-e998-4a37-b681-4045fd8aa44f
- Extracted: 2025-09-13

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