Most of the Mozza devotees I spoke to favor the pizza with fennel sausage and red onion.

Much preferred is a terrific combination of fennel sausage and wonderfully tart sauteed broccoli rape.

Orecchiette captured crumbled fennel sausage and ricotta, a lovely mix.

Chicken scarpariello, with onions and fennel sausage, suffered from dryness, too.

Another winner was risotto with fennel sausage, peas and mushrooms.

Toppings change daily and might include fennel sausage, tomato, garlic and mozzarella.

On another night the chestnuts were in the risotto, with fennel sausage under a blanket of cheese.

The version with fennel sausage, roasted peppers and garlic disappeared quickly at my table.

Savory fennel sausage and sweet peas studded the pearly mixture.

Rigatoni with wild mushrooms and fennel sausage in a spicy tomato sauce had even more spark than the menu indicated.