Reviewed: Jun. 16, 2009

This recipe was a train wreck for me, perhaps because I did not use fresh tomatoes? I had home-made linguine I had to use(I could manage the pasta but not the sauce, go figure) and ended up putting the fresh basil over the warm pasta with olive oil and parm. That was brilliant. Except for the tomatoes, I followed the recipe to a T. I am not sure what went wrong, but it was inedible. Since I am in the minority, I must assume it was my error, however, I really think the vermouth and tomato are a bad match. Perhaps a sweeter vermouth vs. extra dry (which I used)?

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Deb

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Home Town: Azusa, California, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2009

Very tasty. Made a few alterations, but that's being a veggie. First, I sauted some onions with the garlic. Also, I used veggie stock instead of chicken, and I skipped the dry vermouth. Very nice flavor, and fresh basil is always such a pleasure. Thanks for the recipe.

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Food4Thoughts

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Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2009

I found it to be bland and runny. Maybe I did something wrong, but my husband re-read the recipe and I did everything it said to do. I won't make it again. Also, it feeds more than 4!

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Robin

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Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2006

I found this recipe to be okay. After reading other reviews, I, too, decided to use olive oil instead of butter. It was very bland, but after I added a tablespoon of sugar, and garlic powder and a touch of oregano, the flavor was a little better. It was very light, and fresh, but needs more flavor for my taste.

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Jennifer Laura G

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Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2004

Very simple, fast (it helps to have a food chopper/processor for the tomatos) and really tasty. Now I have a use for that bottle of vermouth that's been around for awhile!

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Mark Caron

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2003

It's just to easy to be this good! If you think pasta sauce has to simmer for hours forget it. I served this at a dinner party and everyone wanted the recipe. Sometimes I add a tea. of mixed Italian seasonings if no fresh are availible. The Vermouth is the kicker!

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KYLEM

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Reviewed: Apr. 25, 2003

This was a pretty good sauce - very fresh tasting. I used campari tomatoes and added a couple of sliced kalamata olives, which really went well. The pasta absorbed quite a bit of the sauce, which was fine, but if I wanted it a little saucier I would have added a little plain tomato sauce.

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Kuldunia

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2002

simple and very tasty

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Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2002

I loved the fact that this dish utilizes fresh tomatoes. I added salt, pepper,crushd red pepper, more garlic than called for and used olive oil instead of butter. It is very healthy and next time I make it, I will include other veggies such as mushrooms and peppers.

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Reviewed: May 7, 2002

I will never buy buy spaghetti sauce again. This was SO good and easy and fast. I did substitute white wine as there was no vermouth in the house and added a small amount of tomato paste to thicken. Great recipe!

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Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2002

This is very lite, healthy and nice. I added a little garlic salt to liven up the taste.

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Reviewed: Aug. 5, 2001

This sauce was a big hit at a dinner party that we threw. We served it over linguine as a complement to the main course, Chicken Marsala. Everyone kept coming back for more! Very flavorful and fresh. note: We substituted olive oil for 1/2 the butter that was called for in the recipe.

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Reviewed: Sep. 3, 2000

easy and light sauce. great with all types of pasta. love it and its low cal. works for me.

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Reviewed: Aug. 20, 2000

i have been cooking italian dishes for 28 years and this is without a doubt the best fresh tomato sauce recipe i've ever made. the name should be changed to fresh tomato sauce. my entire family loved it. send us more recipes, michelle and thank you.

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