At first the sauce wouldn't thicken, then it turned into tar. I followed the recipe exactly except I used chicken breasts. Super bland. I would have added at least SOME herbs had I known! Oh and the smell was awful. I live in an apartment and the entire floor stunk! You could smell it all the way to the elevators and I'm in the back. I've made balsamic reductions before, but for some reason this one smelled uber bad. I'm giving it two stars because after it wasn't thickening at all, I accidentally thickened it too much and well, it came out like tar. It's been really hard scraping it off of my utensils. Anyway, if I ever make something like this again I would add some fresh herbs, or dry herbs, or any herbs! Just something to give it some oomph!

Reviewed On: Jul. 27, 2009

I added less honey and no allspice (I didn't have any allspice). Besides that, I followed the recipe exactly. I found the sauce to be too thin and even though I added less honey than directed, it was too sweet. The sauce was really, really, really thin. Almost like water.

Reviewed On: Jul. 17, 2009

I followed the recipe exactly, except I substituted one can of cannelli beans for one can of black beans as I didn't have two cans of black beans. I found this recipe to be exceptionally bland. Maybe I'll use it again, but if I do, it will only be as the base for something else.

Reviewed On: Jul. 17, 2009