Pasta alla Formiana

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If you love tomatoes and oregano, you will love this. It is so good and so easy. I make it every summer when I have a lot of ripe tomatoes in my garden.

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I give it three stars because although it was easy, fun, and authentic there are quite a few changes I would make. I did not mind the oregano flavor, as Giada said in her show that if you do not like Oregano, it is not for you because, next to tomatoes, it is the star of the dish. What I DID mind was the saltiness. Fragrantflower1 mentioned the salt content in the canned tomatoes. I agree. I would drain the tomatoes first, then replace what was drained with water or wine. I did not drain the tomatoes and added the listed 2 tsp salt and it was WAY too salty. I will be trying this recipe again but with rinsing the tomatoes and replacing the lost liquid with a sweet red wine, adding less salt, and adding homemade meatballs to the top right under the tomatoes :

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Very tasty, easy and clean-up a snap! I agree, that 2Tbsp. of oregano is just perfect. I also added a bit of rosemary to kick it up a bit. As for cheese...it goes with almost anything so put it on; gives it that extra somethng that the dish lacks. Mozzarella the best!

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Awesome dish and amazing how creamy it turns out. I made this dish without reading the reviews first. I did add cooked ground turkey the first time I made it. I just looked it up to make it a second time and i think I will add a little cheese to it this time after reading the reviews.

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It was a big hit! I used fire roasted tomatoes for extra taste and finished the dish by broiling fresh mozzarella in the last 3 minutes. It was easy to prep, make, and clean. Thank you Giada!

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When it comes to Giada, I devitate from her recipes sometimes and read the other reviews before I make the dish myself. This was one of them because I do not like fresh whole tomatoes. Since I don't, I took them out of the dish and used the canned tomatoes, pasta and topped the dish with cheese...very delicious! Reading the reviews I cut back the amount of oregano because that was a lot so I just added according to my tastes. Very good dish.

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Very saucy and flavorful. I did cut oregano to just over one Tablespoon. And I added parm on top of pasta before adding tomatoes and on top of tomatoes once it came out of the oven. When I heated up leftovers, I mixed in chopped pepperoni. Wow, what an addition. I will add some meat (sausage, pepperoni next time I make.

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This was very bland and not good at all.

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Suprisingly, not good at all!! Resulted in a gooey, dense mess. Expected it to be light tomato dish.

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Good idea to use up garden tomatoes! I added some mozzarella and parm cheese to the top for extra goodness.