Smoked Salmon Vodka Cream Sauce Pasta

Had something like this at Mi Piace in Pasadena!

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon finely diced onion
• 1/2 cup diced smoked salmon
• 2 fluid ounces vodka
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tablespoon cayenne pepper

  Bowtie  or Penne pasta *

Directions

1. In a large saucepan saute butter and onion with smoked salmon. Once the pan begins to lightly smoke, pull saucepan away from heat source and add the Vodka.
2. When the Vodka has burned off, return the sauce to heat source and mix in the tomatoes, tomato sauce and heavy cream.
3. Season sauce with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and chile pepper. Reduce sauce to desired consistency; mix and serve with Bowtie/Penne  pasta.

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