Sausage, Tomato and Mascarpone Pasta - Great British Chefs

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp of olive oil
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 6 Italian pork sausages, or other good quality sausages, removed from their skins
• 2 garlic cloves, grated
• 125ml of white wine, (optional)
• 1 400g tin of chopped tomato
• 100g of mascarpone
• 1 handful of basil, leaves torn
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 200g of elicoidali pasta, or your preferred pasta
• Parmesan, to serve