Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
¼cuphalf and half or heavy cream
2cupsshredded mozzarella, divided
fresh basil, for garnish
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° In a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat, cook sausage, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until seared and no longer pink, about 4 minutes. Add onion, and garlic, and cook, stirring, until soft, 5 minutes more.
Add pasta, tomato sauce and season with salt. Stir in half-and-half and simmer until mostly absorbed, 2 minutes more. Remove from heat and stir in half of mozzarella.
Transfer mixture to a large baking dish and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella. Bake until cheese is bubbly and golden, about 10 minutes.
Garnish with basil and serve.
Notes
If you want to skip the Italian sausage and make this vegetarian – go for it! And if you want to replace the sausage with either ground chicken, ground turkey or ground beef… all will work spectacularly as well!