Vodka sauce Vodka sauce Vodka sauce is an American cuisine sauce made from a smooth tomato sauce, vodka, typical Italian herbs and heavy cream, which gives the sauce its distinctive orange coloration. It gained popularity in the 1970s, when a variation won a national recipe contest in Italy, although it may well have been a sauce before its popularization in the 1970s. It is a key ingredient in penne alla vodka. The vodka's function is, ostensibly, to release flavors in the tomato that are normally inaccessible; using alcoholic beverages for this purpose is common in Italian cooking, although usually accomplished with wine.
Soy sauce soy sauce) and "gaeryang ganjang" (modernized soy sauce). The term "ganjang" can also refer to non soy-based salty condiments, such as "eo-ganjang (fish sauce)". "Hansik ganjang" (, "Korean-style soy sauce") is made entirely of fermented soybean (meju) and brine. It is a byproduct of "doenjang" (fermented soybean paste) production, and has a unique fermented soybean flavour. Both lighter in colour and saltier than other Korean ganjang varieties, "hansik ganjang" is used mainly in guk (soup) and namul (seasoned vegetable dish) in modern Korean cuisine. Common names for "hansik ganjang" include "jaeraesik ganjang" (, "traditional soy sauce"), "Joseon-ganjang" (, "Joseon soy