Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Italian Sausage and Fennel

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2010

Tomato sauce is almost never the right choice for capitalizing on this pasta’s robust flavor. Neither is cream sauce or pesto. So what is?

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted to create a whole wheat pasta sauce recipe that would provide just the right complement to the hearty flavor and firm texture of whole-wheat spaghetti. We found that a boldly flavored sauce made with sausage and chunks of sautéed ...

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