Summer Pasta with Sausage, Cherry Tomatoes, + Basil

Name: Summer Pasta with Sausage, Cherry Tomatoes, + Basil
Ingredients: 1 lb dried pasta, something short with nooks and crannies for cradling the sauce is ideal, i.e. Pipe Rigate or Lumache, Creste di Gallo, Fusili, Cascatelli, or Campanelle; 2 tablespoons + 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, divided; 1 lb fresh Italian sausage, preferably half spicy and half mild. Use fresh links and remove from casing or bulk ground.; kosher salt; 1/2 large yellow onion, diced; 3 garlic cloves, diced; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 2 lbs cherry tomatoes, kept whole; 3-4 sprigs fresh basil for cooking, plus more for serving

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Summer Pasta with Sausage, Cherry Tomatoes, and Basil is the ideal dinner party dish. It's so flavorful and pairs really nicely with a good bottle of red wine. Omit the sausage to keep it vegetarian...

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Ingredients

1 lb dried pasta, something short with nooks and crannies for cradling the sauce is ideal, i.e. Pipe Rigate or Lumache, Creste di Gallo, Fusili, Cascatelli, or Campanelle
2 tablespoons + 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, divided
1 lb fresh Italian sausage, preferably half spicy and half mild. Use fresh links and remove from casing or bulk ground.
kosher salt
1/2 large yellow onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, diced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 lbs cherry tomatoes, kept whole
3-4 sprigs fresh basil for cooking, plus more for serving