# One-Pot Sausage and Fennel Rigatoni

This dish is a one-pot version of Ina Garten's classic sausage and fennel rigatoni, featuring sweet Italian sausage, caramelized fennel, white wine, parmesan, and cream.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed and torn into pieces
- 1 large fennel bulb, diced
- 0.5 large yellow onion, diced
- Kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 6 cloves garlic, finely minced, to taste
- 0.5 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
- 0.5 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 0.5 cup dry white wine
- 5 cups chicken broth
- 1 pound rigatoni
- 0.5 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 0.5 cup chopped fresh parsley

## Instructions

1. Brown your sausage.
2. Sauté your onion and fennel.
3. Add in crushed fennel seeds, as much garlic as you like, and red pepper flakes.
4. Add in your tomato paste and let that caramelize before stirring with the rest.
5. Add in your white wine, chicken broth, and your uncooked rigatoni.
6. Let that simmer, stirring occasionally until the pasta is tender and has soaked up all of that flavor.
7. Finish it off with a splash of cream.
8. Let that simmer to thicken.
9. Add in some Dijon, your cooked sausage, parmesan, and lemon zest.
10. Stir everything together.
11. Add in your fresh parsley.
12. Make sure it doesn't need any more salt or pepper before serving.

## Tips

- Use 1 teaspoon of crushed fennel seeds for a stronger fennel flavor.
- Add as much garlic as you like.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZqqNTEB83W/?igsh=OTI2b2Y3Zno1N3E0
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5b9f9e3a-c441-443a-b372-3c8049538143
- Extracted: 2026-06-20

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