I added some crushed red pepper flakes to the vodka and let it set for awhile(30 mins). That added just a little bit of heat to the back ground of the sauce. I also added a little more garlic and some oregano/salt/pepper. It came out just perfect. Makes a TON of sauce.

This was wonderful and so easy. Nice for a weeknight dinner. Thanks for a great, easy recipe....

This was deliciously amazing- like eating in a fancy restaurant! I sauteed three cloves of frosen garlic in olive oil, I used one 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes, 3/4 cup of cream and half a cup of vodka and that was perfect in amount and in taste. This also was soooo quick- it took five minutes.

Nice alternative to a traditional marinara sauce. To turn this into a special occasion meal, I serve it over fresh lobster ravioli sold at my local grocery store. Yum!

Delicious sauce! I must warn though that this is WAY too much sauce for a pound of penne pasta! I froze more than half of it. I also used 1/2 cup of vodka (Not by choice-my husband drank it all!) and it was still wonderful!

This recipe was ok but not DIVINE. I'm from New Orleans and used to more flavor in my food, yet I can eat a baked potatoe and be satisfied. This recipe was just not the rave that reviewers gave it. I read the reviews and thought the sauce would be too much, so I doubled the penne pasta. Still it is a LOT! What does someone want with 2-28 oz cans of tomatoes unless they are feeding a small army anyway! The first thing I tasted was the aluminum from the canned tomatoes! Who wants to taste aluminum. I am used to eating fresh fruits and vegetables and could avoid canned goods for the rest of my life. The second dissapointment was that you couldn't even taste the vodka, which was quite expensive. I realize the alcohol burns off, but the vodka was overpowered by the canned tomatoes and the cream. Third, I must say that I was not hip on "pink" sauce. Food is not supposed to be PINK! But the vodka attracted me to this recipe. I realize the pink comes from combining the cream and tomatoes, but still looking at pink food was not to my palate. The only reason I gave this 3 stars is because my better half wanted to give it 5 and I wanted to give it 2 so we combined. It was not worthy of a 4 star review.

I did somethin wrong i guess.The vodka was strong and i cant serve this to my kids.I will try it again though,with less vodka.pretty tasty just too much alcohol

Excellent recipe and very tasty. I simply replaced the penne with rotini pasta. Next time, I will cut half the amount of crushed tomatoes, since I found it a bit too watery but still, the taste of the pasta was wonderful nonetheless. I added a tiny more vodka 'for maximum effect!' :-) I will definitely make it again.

I would give this a 5 star, except that the mozzarella clumped up pretty bad when I mixed the sauce with the pasta. The taste was wonderful though!!! I'm actually going to make this again tonight, but I'm going to use parmesan cheese instead. I also added a few handfuls of chopped fresh spinach to easy my conscience. It was a very nice addition to the flavor, texture, and appearance. Like other reviews, I cooked down the tomatoes more (I used fresh), substituted olive oil for the butter and used less heavy cream. Easy recipe to play with!

Delicious. I added more garlic and some red pepper flakes.

Awesome!! the only thing that I would change is adding some flour to the garlic as it cooks, that way the sauce will be thicker. Everyone loved it! lots of leftovers even when I changed the serving to 4. Will make this again for sure!

I thought that this recipe, while quick and easy, made far too much sauce and the taste of the vodka came out way too strong for my taste...

Excellent, wouldn't change anything.

This is everything you want in a dinner recipe -- it is great for all the palates in my family. It's approachable for kids, yet elegant and refined for the grown-ups. And so simple...I followed the recipe exactly, except I used lots more garlic because, well, we love garlic. This recipe also reheats well for lunch the next day. Vodka sauce begs for seafood, in my opinion, so next time I will serve with scallops and shrimp, maybe some lump crab -- but still it was great as written. Thanks!

This was very good. I did use half of the vodka, added a pinch of red pepper flakes and 1 small shallot.

This sauce is absolutely excellent!!!

My wife has made this recipe a number of times for parties and it disappears quickly. this is a good recipe.