Pasta with spicy sausage, basil, and mustard

This was a family fav!!!  This was super quick and really yummy!!!  Can't wait to eat it again for leftovers!!

Serves 4

Ingredients:

9oz dried pasta

1lb spicy pork sausages

olive oil

2/3 cup white wine

2 pinches dried chile flakes

1 cup basil leaves

1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard

3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons heavy cream

Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the pasta.  Salt it generously.   Warm a thin film of olive oil in a frying pan, just enough to lubricate the bottom.  Discard the sausage skin, crumble the meat into the hot pan, and fry till sizzling and cooked through, about 5 minutes over medium high heat.  Add the pasta to the boiling water.

Pour the wine into the sausage pan and let it bubble a little, scraping at the sausage stuck to the bottom.  Stir in the chile-flakes, roughly chop or tear the basil leaves, and add those too.  Add a little salt and the mustard, pour in the cream, and bring slowly to a simmer.  Cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring now and again.

When the pasta is tender, about 9 minutes after coming back to a boil, drain and tip into the creamy sausage sauce.