Pasta alla Goodness (w/ or without Vodka)

Ingredients

• ½ onion or 4 shallots
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 28oz can San Marzano tomatoes
• 5 strips of bacon, chop
• ¼ cup basil, rough chop
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3 pats of butter
• Sea salt
• Pepper
• ⅓ cup vodka
• Parmigiano Romano to taste

Instructions

1. Cook bacon. Drain most fat, leaving 2oz.
2. Sauté onion in bacon fat. Add garlic and red pepper when onion becomes translucent. Add tomato. Cook 10 minutes on medium.
3. Add vodka. Cook 5 more minutes. Turn off heat. Add cream, basil, bacon, S+P and parm.
4. Purée in food processor. Return to heat for 3 mins.