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A creamy and delicious light tomato sauce that is so easy to make but tastes like restaurant quality. Before making this I had to do some extensive googling to find out the difference between a Blush Sauce and a Vodka Sauce. It turns out, there isn’t much of a difference. They both use some type of alcohol, tomatoes, cream, onion, garlic, and parmesan cheese.

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The alcohol in both sauces acts as an binder which helps the fat stick to the acidic tomato sauce. It also creates the most delicious aroma in your house. I highly recommend the addition of the alcohol. 60% cooks out, and it absolutely will not get you drunk. This blush sauce recipe is a hit in our house! You can use this sauce on spaghetti, tortellini, penne, or speciality shape pasta like I did here.

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Penne with Blush Sauce — Blush Sauce on Penne

I have made this dish two ways. One was just a simple sauce for penne, and one is bit more jazzed up and includes mini mozzarella balls and heart shaped pasta. I made the heart shaped pasta for my valentine’s day meal, but I use the penne pasta the other 364 days of the year.

What is in a Blush Sauce?

What is Blush Sauce?

Blush Sauce, also called Rose sauce, is a pasta sauce made with alcohol, butter, tomatoes, cream, onion, garlic, and parmesan cheese.

I actually set out to make a vodka sauce today, but I only had tequila and white wine in the house, so this is how I ended up making this recipe. I can literally drink this sauce. It is delicious! Also, I used canned tomato sauce, because I knew it would save me the step of blending my sauce, but you can use canned whole tomatoes if that is all you have. You will just have to put this sauce in blender afterwards.

INGREDIENTS

2 tbsp Butter
1/2 Vidalia Onion diced
3 Garlic Cloves minced
28 oz Tomato Sauce smooth, no chunks
1 tbsp Tomato Paste
1/3 cup White Wine dry(or tequila)
1 cup Half and Half
1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Mini Fresh Mozzarella Balls
1 tsp Hot Honey (optional)

How to Make a Blush Sauce

melt the butter in a pan over medium heat. once it starts to sizzle add the onion and garlic.
once the garlic and onion are starting to brown, add the tomato sauce and white wine and then cook for 5-7 minutes(uncovered) stirring frequently.
add the tomato paste and hot honey, and stir until incorporated. cover the pan slightly and cook on a low heat for 20 minutes.
add the half and half and grated parmesan. mix and taste. add some black pepper or a touch of salt if needed.

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