# @thehostedkitchen on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSaXcs9jmn_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63440684-thehostedkitchen-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-18T16:51:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sara Simpkins (@thehostedkitchen) — https://gondola.cc/thehostedkitchen

## Caption

On the 6th day of Carbs-mas, I give you snow in Florida ❄️🧀 (parmesan snow that is)

One week until Christmas!!!! The countdown is on 🎅🏼 & at the top of my list for Santa is this vodka sauce 😍 

The best part about this dish is how easy it is to make and almost impossible to mess up! Plus you can customize it to your tastes. I love adding shallots and calabrian chilis to spice it up or browning some ground pork before and adding it back to the pan!! 

Recipe can be found below. Enjoy! 🤍❄️

Vodka Sauce with Calabrian Chilis 🔥🌶️

-1 box of @delallofoods gnocchi
-1 shallot
-4 garlic cloves, minced 
-3 tablespoons of butter
-4 ounces of tomato paste 
-1 shot glass of vodka (lol)
-1 teaspoon of calabrian chili oil (I love using @delallofoods) 
-1 cup of heavy cream
-pasta water
-Handfulls of parmesan to taste
-salt to taste (usually not needed if you salt the pasta water!)

(If you want to add Italian sausage like I did, brown the sausage first, remove, then follow instructions below + add back in at the end!)

Melt butter over medium heat. Add shallots and garlic and cook until fragrant. Add tomato paste and cook until it gets almost a burnt red color. Add calabrian chilis and mix. Add vodka and stir, scraping the bottom of the pan. Add 1/2 cup of heavy cream and mix, let it simmer over medium low until bubbling. Once bubbling add the remaining 1/2 cup of heavy cream and let simmer. 

While the sauce is cooking, bring a pot of water to a boil. Add salt and cook gnocchi for 2-4 minutes per package instructions.

Add directly to the pan. MAKE SURE TO SAVE A CUP OF PASTA WATER FOR LATER. Add parmesan with a healthy splash of pasta water, mix, and let the it finish cooking in the sauce. Top with more parm & enjoy! 

#vodkasauce #pastapasta #pastalovers #pastarecipe #eatathome #easyrecipesathome #quickrecipes

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## Tags

quickrecipes, pastarecipe, easyrecipesathome, pastalovers, vodkasauce, pastapasta, eatathome

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