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Directions:

1. Boil water for the pasta. If you are using fresh pasta, make sure the sauce is ready before you cook the pasta, that way you can add the pasta directly to the sauce after 1 minute of cooking. Otherwise, cook the pasta according to directions.
2. In a large dutch oven or pot, brown the sausage at medium heat (about 6 minutes). Remove the sausage from the pot, leaving any rendered fat inside.
3. Add the onion and mushrooms to the pot and cook until nicely browned (about 6 minutes).
4. Add the chopped fennel, garlic, crushed red pepper and fennel seeds to the dutch oven, add olive oil if needed. Cook for 8-10 minutes.
5. Add the heavy cream to the pot and bring to a boil. Then add the sausage back to the pot.
6. Reduce heat to low and add the pasta to the sauce along with about 1/2 cup of pasta cooking water, more if needed. Mix until thoroughly combined.
7. Add salt and black pepper to taste, garnish with fresh parsley and serve.