I was just wondering what I could make with Italian Sausage and fresh basil.

[Mik]

Voila! One of Food and Wine's top 40 recipes!

https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/pasta-sausage-basil-and-mustard.

Cut the cream to half and half and the sausage has already been cooked and drained so less fat.

[Loki]

There is little that Italian sausage wouldn’t enhance.

[Mik]

Extra true. Bring the fennel and crushed red pepper!

[Klaus]

What exactly do Americans mean when they say "Italian sausage"? The Italians have almost just as many vastly different kinds of sausages than the Germans...

[Mik]

Mostly just ‘not German’.

[Mik]

But seriously, it’s seasoning with various herbs, spices and especially fennel seed.