Baked Rice with Pumpkin, Sausage and Mozzarella

In a pan, sauté the garlic cloves with some oil and the fresh chili pepper.

Add the cleaned and chopped pumpkin, a glass of water, and cook covered until it softens.

Season with salt and blend almost all the pumpkin, leaving some 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 and transfer the mixture to a baking dish.

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

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

Let it cool slightly before serving.