Loved this recipe. I did completely omit the salt as the canned tomato products already contained a vast amount. Quadrupled the amount of fennel seed, used 1/2 hot Italian sausage with the sweet Italian. As noted by other reviewers, the amount of ricotta called for is not enough for a 12 serving recipe so I doubled it. And last alteration to the recipe - added 1 cup of a hearty cabernet. Incredible!! I love this recipe and everbody raves about it so its replaced my old standby recipe.

Reviewed On: Nov. 7, 2009

Made these tonight for my husband. They are incredible. I think that this recipe is better than Nestle's. I too increased the vanilla to 1 tablespoon. I also included 1 cup of mini semi-sweet chocolate chips. Crunchy, chewy, so delicious!

Reviewed On: Jun. 27, 2009