Discover the secret to making the Instagram-famous sauce, Penne Alla Vodka, with supermarket Aldi's recipe, using just a handful of pantry staples. The huge bourgeoning trend on social media has seen the likes of supermodel Gigi Hadid share her favourite homemade recipe* for the dish on her Instagram stories, and now you can perfect the vodka pasta at home.

Surprisingly quick and simple to make, serve up this crowdpleaser vodka pasta as a scrumptious Summer dinner that your friends and family will love. 

Ingredients

Serves 4

1 Shallot

3 tablespoons Unsalted Butter

2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 cloves crushed Garlic

200g Passata

2 tablespoons Triple Distilled Vodka

450 g Penne Pasta

120 ml Double Cream

50 g grated Parmigiano Reggiano, plus more for serving

Fresh Basil

½ teapsooon Crushed Chillies

Salt

Crushed Pepper

Method

Heat olive oil in a saucepan, add the shallot and garlic and cook until softened

Add the passata, chilli flakes and fresh basil leaves, and season with salt and pepper. Cook on a low heat for 10 minutes

While the sauce cooks, bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the penne pasta until al dente before draining

Melt the butter in a separate pan and add the drained pasta until coated well

Add the tomato sauce and cream to the pasta while stirring on a high heat

Add the vodka and toss again, before removing from the heat

Stir in half of the parmesan cheese until melted, and sprinkle the rest on top with torn fresh basil

Serve 

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* https://www.insider.com/gigi-hadid-recipes-instagram-spicy-vodka-sauce-banana-bread

For more information, please contact the Aldi Consumer Press Office on:

T: +44 207 693 6995 or E: aldi@welcometofrank.com

Notes to editors:

Aldi is Britain's fifth largest supermarket with 880 stores and more than 34,000 employees.

Aldi is attracting hundreds of thousands of new customers every year with its range of exclusive brands, passing low operating costs on to customers in the form of low prices.

The supermarket believes in making every day amazing and that's why every single day Aldi delivers on the best possible value for millions of families throughout the UK and Ireland across everything from award-winning fresh produce to world class gin.

Aldi won't be beaten on price; consistently racks up award after award for quality; treats its suppliers with fairness and respect and recognises the responsibility of supporting valued institutions such as Team GB to demonstrate the importance of health and wellness. That's Aldi. That's everyday amazing. The reason they do this? Because Aldi believes that everyone should have access to fresh, healthy, affordable food…it's a right, not a privilege.

The company's current achievements and initiatives include:

• Aldi is the UK's lowest priced supermarket. Research released by Which? in July showed customers doing a full shop at Tesco will currently spend 23% more than they would for the same goods at Aldi. And those shopping at Sainsbury's would have spent 30% more than at Aldi. It tracked the price of nearly 80 essential items at the UK's eight biggest supermarkets throughout June 2020.
• Aldi has a five-year partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust – its fundraising target of £5m will go towards helping the trust to reach out to every young person with cancer in the UK. 
• Aldi's rates of pay are significantly higher than the Government's National Living Wage and also above the Living Wage Foundation's recommended national rates. Store Assistants receive a minimum hourly rate of £9.40 nationally and £10.90 in London. 
• Aldi is the official supermarket partner of Team GB and ensures every member of the team has access to fresh healthy Aldi food via monthly shopping vouchers, and that 1.2 million 5-14 year olds will learn about the benefits of cooking fresh, healthy food via its Get Set to Eat Fresh education initiative. Aldi has been a partner since 2015 and has extended its commitment to the 2024 Olympic games in Paris.
• In May 2020, for the seventh consecutive year, Aldi was ranked the best-performing supermarket for compliance with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, underlining its commitment to maintaining fair, predictable and sustainable prices within its supply chain.
• Full details of Aldi's awards and achievements are detailed at www.aldi.co.uk/awards