Cooking with Vodka

Penne & Vodka Sauce

Vodka Penne is one of the most common vodka food recipe and probably the only vodka entrée I’ve seen served in restaurants.  There are numerous versions of this classic dish available in cookbooks and online.  But since I have received numerous requests, I thought it was high time I included mine here.  This recipe is a variation of my Penne & Vodka Cream Sauce from page 104 of The Vodka Cookbook.

Obscure Vodka Fact #16

After the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks confiscated all private distilleries in Moscow.  As a result, a number of Russian vodka-makers emigrated, taking their skills and recipes with them.  One such exile, Vladimir Smirnov, revived his brand in Paris, using the French version of his family name - Smirnoff.  Smirnov later sold his family recipe to another Russian emigrant, Rudolph Kunett, who set up the first vodka distillery in the USA in 1934.  Of course it didn't get really exciting until Smirnoff sponsored my Vodka Cookbook in 2005.