Charles Gifford said:
"Rodney Myrvaagnes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:I don't believe, without further evidence, that a large fraction of the alcohol remains after
cooking. If that were true, stills wouldn't work in a reasonable period of time.
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Quoted message said:Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a
A flat-earther eh Rodney? <grin> The alcohol certainly remains in my favorite recipe as it goes in
at the end of cooking. So here is a no-question-about-it alcoholic pasta!
Charlie
PENNE A LA VODKA
Source: San Diego Union, date unknown
3/4 lb. penne 1 tbs. olive oil 2 tbs. butter 1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 lb. tomatoes, peeled and chopped 4 tbs. heavy cream coarse salt to taste freshly ground pepper
to taste 4 tbs. vodka, steeped overnight or longer with 1 tbs. hot red pepper flakes freshly
grated Parmesan to taste
Cook penne to al dente and drain. Meanwhile make the sauce. Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet.
Soften the onions without browning and add the tomatoes. Cook for about 5 minutes. Add the cream
and cook for 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Add the vodka and simmer for 2 minutes. Toss
the penne with the sauce in a heated bowl and serve with the cheese.
Sounds pleasant enough, but doesn't address what I said. Your 4 tbsp of vodka contains about 4 tsp
of alcohol, depending on proof, when you put it in. You simmer for 2 minutes near the boiling point
of water, or about 20 deg C above the boiling point of the vodka (water-alcohol mix ca 40% by wt.)
One could devise an experiment to measure the alcohol loss in 2 minutes, but unless there is some
reputable published measurement, I don't consider that amount worth bothering about.
The rest of the sauce amounts to about a pint, so before simmering you have about 5% by vol--
like beer.
In no way comparable to a creme-de-menthe parfait.
Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a
"That idiot Leibniz, who wants to teach me about the infinitesimally small! Has he therefore
forgotten that I am the wife of Frederick I? How can he imagine that I am unacquainted with my
own husband?"
