Beautiful presentation but I wasn't crazy about the lack of flavor. Both of us thought it was missing something. I added garlic (of course) but even after that it didn't have much zing. I really loved the looks of this dish though so I'm going to continue to tweak it and see if I can get the flavor up to it's potential! Thanks for the starting point.

Wonderful, simple flavor! Needs garlic, but doesn't everything?

I made this recipe because I already had most of the ingredients in my pantry. I didn't have any fresh tomatoes, but I did have a can of fire roasted tomatoes. Gave the torte a nice little kick. Will definetely make again, but first I'm gonna go buy a springform pan. Mine tasted good, but didn't look as pretty coming out of a round cake pan with a spatula. :)

this was just ok, but would not make again.

This was too much work for not a very good dish.

I followed the recipe to a T and I found it bland. It was easy to prepare and pretty to look at but wasnt anything special. I agree it was a bit dry for our taste as well.

I'm on a special diet (SCD) so I made this with spaghetti squash, I pulsed farmer's cheese and yogurt until it was the consistency of ricotta, and I cooked the tomatoes with onions and garlic. I also added fresh parsley and oregano to the basil layer because I needed to use it before it went bad. Even though I was unable to follow the instructions perfectly, this dish was easily customizable to my diet and it tasted outstanding. I've tried to modify other recipes but they weren't nearly this good. It really satisfied my craving for a spaghetti dish. Thanks!!

This was good. Something different. I only used about 1/3 lb of spaghetti & increased the ricotta to 1c. I also used 1 16oz chopped tomatoes instead of the 2 chopped tomatoes. I used mozarella cheese instead of provolone and 1 egg. I also baked it in a 2 qt dish sprayed with cooking spray.

It was so-so. I didn't know if the egg whites were to be beaten or not....so I beat them and folded the other ingredients into that. I would use whole eggs, more parmesan and ricotta, instead of provolone if I made this again....and a regular sauce instead of chopped tomatoes. Just didn't have that pizzaz using the original recipe!

Sorry but there wasn't anyone in my family that cared for this. I did add more cheese as others suggested and served sauce and meatballs on the side. The kids and hubby told me to stick with regular pasta. Almost 3/4 of the torte went into the trash.

This is a wonderful recipe that I will use over and over again and try with many variations. I doubled the cheese mixture and added a layer of garlic sauted mushrooms in the middle. It was delicious and everyone who had it really enjoyed it. I think you can add any kind of pizza filling or veggie...sausage, pepperoni, grilled chicken, peppers, onion, sun dried tomatoes, and on an on. I also served it with some marinara on the side. So good! And a FABULOUS presentation. OH! And it can easily be made ahead. I did it the night before and it was perfect.

I made this last night, and I used canned garlic roasted diced tomatos and hamburger with it....was great!!! I think i will do the side of sauce next time though....

I made this with spaghetti squash. Cut squash in half, scrape out seeds, invert on plate with 1/3c water and microwave 8 minutes or until the squash can be easily scraped out with a fork. Squash was plenty moist. Reheats great. I added artichoke hearts to the recipe but they added neither texture nor taste.

Very good but needs more cheese.

Recipe prepared per instructions was bland! Why was it given a 4+ - because everyone edited the recipe. How misleading to prepare something with such a high rating only to have it taste less appealing. I don't always have time to read the comments - but from now on I guess I'd better.

This was excellent! Nice presentation too. I also used three whole eggs and instead of fresh basil I mixed in some basil pesto with the ricotta and parm. I also made a meat sauce that was mixed into the pesto/pasta mixture. I layered some provolone cheese half way up and topped with motz and sliced tomatoes. I will make this again! Everyone loved it!

I just love a recipe with a great presentation. so I gave this recipe an additional twist. I basically followed the recipe although I used a pint of the ricotta cheese and 3 whole eggs, but hear is the prsentation twist,. I had a large eggplant in the house. I sliced it thin the long way, egged (w/a bit of milk) and breaded it, then fried it. I then put a layer of the fried eggplant on the bottom of the springform pan and around the sides. I added half of the prepared spaghetti, then sauce, eggplant and cheese. Then put another layer of eggplant and sauce and the rest of the spaghetti. Then another layer of eggplant,pressed it all down real well. Finished off with sauce and pizza cheese. Thankfully I had enough of the ingredients left over to make 2 mini bread pans of it. I'm so glad that I had enough left because my hubby was ready to make an attack and it's to be brought to a potluck tomorrow. Anyhow he just LOVED IT!!!!! Going to bring an extra jar of spg. sauce with us just in case its a little dry as some others have said. Will get back tomorrow and give you the final results, Well...the results are in....DELISH, everyone enjoyed it and will definatly prepare it again.