My favorite pasta dish from Lidia

[Georgie]

Tonight I made my favorite pasta dish inspired by Lidia Bastianich. Brown Italian sausage in a frypan with a little olive oil, add a couple of sliced onions and a head of fennel sliced. Throw in a couple of cloves of sliced garlic. After everything is cooked, make a little "hot spot" in the fry pan and blob in about 1/2 of a small can of tomato paste. Let it cook a bit, then stir it in with the rest of the food. Cook your favorite pasta separately then mix it and a ladle full of pasta water with the sausage mixture. Finish with some hot pepper flakes and ribbons of fresh basil. MMM-MMM good and easy. Now what would be the best wine for that? We had some Trader Joe's white zin, but I'm sure one of you has a better suggestion!