► Pour tomatoes with juices into a large bowl and crush with your hands. Warm oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add tomatoes, salt, and red pepper flakes. Stir, then add basil sprig.

►Simmer sauce until thickened, about 20 minutes. Taste and season with additional salt and pepper as necessary. Discard basil.

►Heat oven to 425°F. Meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles for 2 minutes less than instructed on the package. Drain and set noodles aside. Cook sausage in a skillet over medium heat until crumbled and no longer pink, about 5 to 8 minutes. Add sauce to sausage skillet, stir, and remove from heat. Add mascarpone and stir to combine. Add cooked lasagna noodles and ricotta, and stir again to combine.

►Place burrata balls on top of lasagna and tear each in half. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until bubbling. Garnish with fresh basil leaves.