Gnocchi alla Vodka

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Gnocchi alla Vodka #31 · dinner · italian Host: Nourish and Fete · Simple, Comforting Gnocchi Alla Vodka → TikTok → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Servings: 4 · Prep 5 min · Cook 20 min · Total 25 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Gnocchi cooked right in a creamy vodka tomato sauce, with no pot of water. Warm in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat: 1 tablespoon olive oil Add the onion and sauté about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, just until softened: 1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped Stir in: 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes Cook about 1 minute more, just until fragrant. Stir in: 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes 3 tablespoons vodka Season to taste with: salt and pepper, to taste Bring the mixture to a boil and let it bubble for about 1 minute. Then lower the heat to medium. It should settle at a gentle simmer. Stir in: 1 pound potato gnocchi Cover and cook for 5-6 minutes. Then remove the lid and stir in: 1/2 cup heavy cream Cook for 1 minute more, until the cream is just warmed through. (Take care not to cook for too long or the sauce may separate.) Serve with shaved Parmesan and slivered fresh basil: Parmesan fresh basil, for serving Source: Nourish and Fete · Simple, Comforting Gnocchi Alla Vodka tags: gnocchi,tomato,cream,vodka · popularity: spike · meat: no	Penne Rigate in Vodka Book: The Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press (2005) crumb: tomato-vodka cream sauce The Silver Spoon includes “Penne Rigate in Vodka”. Phaidon Press published it (2005). This is the first English edition of Italy's best-selling home cookbook. The Italian original is Il Cucchiaio d'Argento (1950). Differences: The Silver Spoon's vodka pasta uses the same tomato-vodka sauce. The book makes it with ham and tomato paste. The online recipe uses potato gnocchi instead of penne. It builds the sauce from onion, garlic, chili flakes and crushed tomatoes. It finishes the sauce with heavy cream and leaves out the ham. It is creamier and pinker, with a softer bite and no meat.

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Gnocchi alla Vodka
#31 · dinner · italian
Host: Nourish and Fete · Simple, Comforting Gnocchi Alla Vodka → TikTok → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Servings: 4 · Prep 5 min · Cook 20 min · Total 25 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Gnocchi cooked right in a creamy vodka tomato sauce, with no pot of water.

Warm in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat:

1 tablespoon olive oil

Add the onion and sauté about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, just until softened:

1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped

Stir in:

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Cook about 1 minute more, just until fragrant.

Stir in:

28 ounce can crushed tomatoes

3 tablespoons vodka

Season to taste with:

salt and pepper, to taste

Bring the mixture to a boil and let it bubble for about 1 minute. Then lower the heat to medium. It should settle at a gentle simmer. Stir in:

1 pound potato gnocchi

Cover and cook for 5-6 minutes. Then remove the lid and stir in:

1/2 cup heavy cream

Cook for 1 minute more, until the cream is just warmed through. (Take care not to cook for too long or the sauce may separate.) Serve with shaved Parmesan and slivered fresh basil:

Parmesan

fresh basil, for serving

Source: Nourish and Fete · Simple, Comforting Gnocchi Alla Vodka

tags: gnocchi,tomato,cream,vodka · popularity: spike · meat: no

Penne Rigate in Vodka
Book: The Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press (2005)

crumb: tomato-vodka cream sauce

The Silver Spoon includes “Penne Rigate in Vodka”. Phaidon Press published it (2005). This is the first English edition of Italy's best-selling home cookbook. The Italian original is Il Cucchiaio d'Argento (1950).

Differences:

The Silver Spoon's vodka pasta uses the same tomato-vodka sauce. The book makes it with ham and tomato paste. The online recipe uses potato gnocchi instead of penne. It builds the sauce from onion, garlic, chili flakes and crushed tomatoes. It finishes the sauce with heavy cream and leaves out the ham. It is creamier and pinker, with a softer bite and no meat.

Match: Somewhat close

Online recipe

Gnocchi alla Vodka

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Servings: 4 · Prep 5 min · Cook 20 min · Total 25 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Gnocchi cooked right in a creamy vodka tomato sauce, with no pot of water.

Warm in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat:
1 tablespoon olive oil

Add the onion and sauté about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, just until softened:
1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped

Stir in:
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Cook about 1 minute more, just until fragrant.

Stir in:
28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
3 tablespoons vodka

Season to taste with:
salt and pepper, to taste

Bring the mixture to a boil and let it bubble for about 1 minute. Then lower the heat to medium. It should settle at a gentle simmer. Stir in:
1 pound potato gnocchi

Cover and cook for 5-6 minutes. Then remove the lid and stir in:
1/2 cup heavy cream

Cook for 1 minute more, until the cream is just warmed through. (Take care not to cook for too long or the sauce may separate.) Serve with shaved Parmesan and slivered fresh basil:
Parmesan
fresh basil, for serving

Citations
- Nourish and Fete · Simple, Comforting Gnocchi Alla Vodka: https://www.nourish-and-fete.com/gnocchi-alla-vodka/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Gnocchi+alla+Vodka
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Gnocchi+alla+Vodka+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0714845310?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: The Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press (2005). Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2005 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0714845319.

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Dish: Gnocchi alla Vodka
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Penne Rigate in Vodka
Source: The Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press (2005)
Differences: The Silver Spoon's vodka pasta uses the same tomato-vodka sauce. The book makes it with ham and tomato paste. The online recipe uses potato gnocchi instead of penne. It builds the sauce from onion, garlic, chili flakes and crushed tomatoes. It finishes the sauce with heavy cream and leaves out the ham. It is creamier and pinker, with a softer bite and no meat.
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Online sources: Nourish and Fete · Simple, Comforting Gnocchi Alla Vodka (https://www.nourish-and-fete.com/gnocchi-alla-vodka/)
TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Gnocchi+alla+Vodka)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Gnocchi+alla+Vodka+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
The Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press (2005).
This is the first English edition of Italy's best-selling home cookbook. The Italian original is Il Cucchiaio d'Argento (1950).

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: The Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press (2005). Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2005 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0714845319.

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