One-Pot Creamy Sausage Pasta

INGREDIENTS

1 lb

Sausage, ground hot or sweet

1/4 cup

Basil, fresh

4 cloves

Garlic

Onion, chopped (about 1 cup), medium

16 oz

Marinara sauce

8 oz

Short pasta shapes

1/2 tsp

Fennel or 1 tsp fennel seeds, ground

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

1/4 tsp

Red pepper flakes

Red pepper, chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)

2 tbsp

Olive oil

6 tbsp

Heavy cream

1/4 cup

Parmesan cheese, grated

1/4 cup

White wine, dry

4 cups

Water