Festive Fusilli

By bakers_delight85

By "sunblush" tomatoes, I mean those ones that are halfway between fresh and dried, and come soaked in seasoned oil from specialty and gourmet shops.

Ingredients

• 4 cups sunblush tomatoes in seasoned oil
• 1/3 cup vodka
• 2 tsp. kosher salt or 1 tsp. table salt
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 2 lbs. fusilli or other short pasta of your choice
• 1 cup mascarpone cheese
• 2/3 cup chopped curly parsley
• flaked Parmesan, to serve

Details

Servings 10

Preparation

Step 1

Put a huge pot of water on to boil for the pasta.
Take about about 1 cup of the tomatoes and chop them finely.
Put the chopped sunblush tomatoes into a bowl with the other tomatoes, along with the vodka, salt and sugar. Leave them to steep while you cook the fusilli.
Cook the pasta according to the package directions, then drain and put back in the pan with the mascarpone, mixing well over low to medium heat.
Tip in the tomato mixture and half the chopped parsley, mixing well together.
Pour into a bowl and sprinkle with the remaining parsley. Serve with the Parmesan.