Shrimp Feta and Rotelli Pasta with Homemade Vodka Sauce Recipe

I know you can buy vodka sauce in a bottle, but homemade just really takes it home.  This recipe for Shrimp Feta and Rotelli Pasta with Homemade Vodka Sauce is creamy and has just enough vodka not to be dangerous.  The best way to make it is by using garden-grown tomatoes or canned tomatoes from Italy like Cento San Marzano.

Enjoy this recipe!

Shrimp Feta and Rotelli Pasta with Homemade Vodka Sauce

Rebecca Forstadt Olkowski

Homemade Vodka Sauce is delicious with shrimp and feta over Rotelli pasta.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course pasta

Cuisine Italian

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

  

• 2 cloves garlic chopped
• 1 large shallot chopped
• 1/4 yellow onion chopped
• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 28 oz can whole Italian peeled tomatoes and juice drained Cento San Marzano tomatoes are good.
• 3 medium size Tomatoes fresh chopped
• 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup vodka
• 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbled
• 1 Tbsp basil fresh chopped
• 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour if necessary for thickening
• 1 Lb shrimp peeled and deveined. I used a package of flash-frozen shrimp
• 1 Lb Rotelli pasta or pasta of your choice

Instructions

 

• In a saucepan, brown garlic, shallots, and onion in oil for about 5 minutes
• Add canned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, and red pepper. Mix, breaking up the tomatoes and let cook on medium-high for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the heavy cream, vodka, feta, and basil. Let it cook for 10 minutes. If the mixture doesn’t thicken, quickly stir in 1 Tbs of flour.
• Add the shrimp and cook until heated (or if raw until pink) Keep the vodka sauce heated until ready to serve.
• In the meantime, boil water in a pasta pan and cook 1 lb of multi-colored Rotelli until done (according to package directions) Or use the pasta of your choice.

Here’s the homemade vodka sauce simmering in the pot.  Yum!

The health benefits of eating shrimp.

• Shrimp is a perfect source of protein with vitamin D, vitamin B3, and zinc.
• They contain astaxanthin, a carotenoid that gives them a pink color. It acts as a potent antioxidant and protects the skin from premature aging.
• They are also a good source of selenium. Several population studies suggest that the risk of death from cancer, including lung, colorectal, and prostate cancers, is lower among people with a higher intake of the trace mineral selenium.
• As shrimp contain no carbohydrates, their Glycemic Index rating is 0.

And then, of course, there’s the vodka.  The alcohol evaporates when you cook it but it adds to the tipsy flavor of the sauce.

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