Ravioli in Vodka Sauce Healthified!!

Aaah what is better than a delicious ravioli in vodka sauce? Answer: One with just as good of a taste but with far less calories! That's right.. you can have your pasta and eat it too with this recipe.

It's bad enough that ravioli on it's own has a lot of calories from carbs and a lot of times fat found in cheese, but you don't need to add a heart clogging Vodka sauce to make it taste good. My husband loves ravioli in vodka sauce, so I found a ravioli filled with lobster instead of cheese and decided to make my own vodka sauce with the following recipe.

Vodka Sauce

•  1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon of flour
• 1 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 small shallots, minced  (or one large onion)
• 1/2 cup white wine * (although the alcohol will be cooked off, I preferred using a lighter alcohol so as not to impart such a strong taste to the sauce)
• 1/4 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• Coarse salt and pepper
• 3/4 cup non fat milk

Method

1. Melt butter in a pan and cook flour  shallots/onions and garlic in it till onions slightly caramelize.
2. Gradually add little amounts of milk to the flour mixture till it thickens. (You're making a bechamel here.) Do this with the remaining milk, then add the tomato paste, chicken stock, and wine gradually.
   Note: if you find that your sauce is too runny or not thickening anymore, stop adding liquids and/or add a little amount of flour to it until the right consistency is reached.
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Toss with your cooked Ravioli and enjoy! Guiltless!