Amber's Penne Alla Vodka Recipe

Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir fresh tomatoes onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is tender 1 to 2 minutes. Stir canned tomatoes and tomato paste into the tomato-onion mixture breaking down the whole tomatoes with a fork. Mix basil salt and pepper into the tomato mixture; simmer until liquid has slightly reduced 15 minutes.

Stir vodka into the tomato mixture; simmer vodka sauce until slightly reduced 15 minutes. Stir cream into vodka sauce and cook until heated through 15 minutes.

Bring a large pot with lightly salted water and 1/2 teaspoon olive oil to a boil. Cook pasta stirring occasionally at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite about 10 minutes; drain. Fold pasta into vodka sauce to coat.