Thread: My Vodka sauce was too bitter

"Max Gutfeld" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I made vodka sauce for dinner tonight, but after I was done I found
> that the sauce was still really bitter. The recipe was basically 1qt
> tomato sauce + 1 cup vodka simmered for 20 minutes, finishing with 1/2
> cup cream and 1/2 cup parmesean. Everything I read seemed to suggest
> that the alchohol would burn off and there would be little to no
> bitterness. Any ideas on my possible error? I used a lower quality
> vodka, does that matter? Or maybe just too much?

1 cup per quart sounds a tad much, try 2/3rd cup. Maybe you should cook it
longer. Add it after the sauce has cooked for a while. It's usually added
last, then cooked off.

Paul

On Jun 16, 11:32*pm, "Paul M. Cook" <pmc...@gte.net> wrote:
> "Max Gutfeld" <m.gutf...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> >I made vodka sauce for dinner tonight, but after I was done I found
> > that the sauce was still really bitter. *The recipe was basically 1qt
> > tomato sauce + 1 cup vodka simmered for 20 minutes, finishing with 1/2
> > cup cream and 1/2 cup parmesean. *Everything I read seemed to suggest
> > that the alchohol would burn off and there would be little to no
> > bitterness. *Any ideas on my possible error? *I used a lower quality
> > vodka, does that matter? *Or maybe just too much?
>
> 1 cup per quart sounds a tad much, try 2/3rd cup. *Maybe you should cook it
> longer. *Add it after the sauce has cooked for a while. *It's usuallyadded
> last, then cooked off.
>
> Paul

Why do people make vodka sauce? Vodka adds no flavor. Does the 40%
ETOH content extract some water insoluble flavor materials out of the
tomatoes, or what? I just don't get it.

John Kuthe...

In article
<[email protected]>,
Max Gutfeld <[email protected]> wrote:

> I made vodka sauce for dinner tonight, but after I was done I found
> that the sauce was still really bitter. The recipe was basically 1qt
> tomato sauce + 1 cup vodka simmered for 20 minutes, finishing with 1/2
> cup cream and 1/2 cup parmesean. Everything I read seemed to suggest
> that the alchohol would burn off

Then you need to read the RFC FAQ, which says that the alcohol doesn't
just burn off.

> and there would be little to no
> bitterness. Any ideas on my possible error? I used a lower quality
> vodka, does that matter? Or maybe just too much?

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

On Jun 16, 10:18*pm, Max Gutfeld <m.gutf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I made vodka sauce for dinner tonight, but after I was done I found
> that the sauce was still really bitter. *The recipe was basically 1qt
> tomato sauce + 1 cup vodka simmered for 20 minutes, finishing with 1/2
> cup cream and 1/2 cup parmesean. *Everything I read seemed to suggest
> that the alchohol would burn off and there would be little to no
> bitterness. *Any ideas on my possible error? *I used a lower quality
> vodka, does that matter? *Or maybe just too much?

1 cup seems a bit much. Most recipes I've seen use a fraction of that.
Maybe that was it.

Kris