The creamy and tangy taste of vodka sauce continues to be a hit with customers, growing 44% across all quick service restaurants and Italian casual dining menus in the last four years.* Add the delicious duo of vodka sauce and Grande Fumella Smoked Mozzarella to your pizzas and your customers will come back again and again.
*Datassential MenuTrends 2021
Spread 1 1/2 tbsp. olive oil evenly over crust, top with 1 tsp. garlic, 10 oz. Grande Fumella and 6 oz. vodka sauce.
Bake at 500°F for 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden.
Remove pizza from oven, top with 2 tsp. grated Grande Romano and basil. Cut into slices and serve.
Vodka Sauce
Ingredients
2 oz. Super heavy tomato sauce or paste
8-10 oz. Fine ground tomatoes
1⁄4 oz. Olive oil
1 1⁄2 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Heavy cream
Salt & pepper, to taste
Directions
Blend 2 oz. tomato sauce or paste and 8 to 10 oz. tomatoes using an immersion blender.
In a medium to large sauté pan, slightly heat 1/4 oz. olive oil.
Place the tomato sauce into the sauté pan and stir for about 2 minutes until simmering.
Carefully add 1 1/2 oz. vodka into the pan and allow the alcohol to burn off. Adding vodka to simmering tomato sauce prevents a bitter flavor from the vodka.
Once the alcohol has burned off, add 2 oz. heavy cream and continue stirring until the sauce becomes light pink to orange.
Cook the sauce down a bit, but don’t let the sauce break and separate.
Add salt and pepper to the sauce.
Let the sauce cool before adding it to a pizza before baking.