Baked rice with pumpkin, sausage and mozzarella

Sauté the garlic cloves with some oil and fresh chili pepper in a pan.

Add the cleaned pumpkin, cut into pieces, a glass of water, and cook covered until it has softened.

Season with salt and blend almost all of the pumpkin, leaving a few pieces in the pan.

Add the sausage, removed from its casing, deglaze with red wine, and let the alcohol evaporate.

Combine the cooked rice with the pumpkin cream, mozzarella, sausage, and grated pecorino.

Mix all the ingredients together and transfer the mixture to a baking tray.

Sprinkle the surface with Parmesan and bake in a preheated static oven at 180°C for 20 minutes.

During the last 3-4 minutes, turn on the grill to brown the surface.

Let it cool slightly before serving.