# Mantuan-Style Rice with Pork Sausage

Recipe by [Tomás Ferreira](https://fridge.menu/en/u/tomasferreira)

A creamy Mantuan rice dish finished with crumbled pork sausage, butter and Parmesan.

Servings: 4 · Cook 25 min · Side dishes

Contains: milk

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## Ingredients

- 350 g [Rice](https://fridge.menu/en/i/rice) — Vialone Nano or similar semi-round rice
- 300 g [Fresh Italian-style pork sausage](https://fridge.menu/en/i/sausage) — skinned and chopped
- 80 g [Butter](https://fridge.menu/en/i/butter)
- 100 g [Parmesan](https://fridge.menu/en/i/parmesan)
- [Salt](https://fridge.menu/en/i/salt) — to taste

## Steps

1. Pour 600 ml of water into a pot and bring to the boil, add salt, then pour in the rice, shaping it into a mound.
2. Cook the rice for about 10 minutes, levelling it with gentle movements of the pot. (10 min)
3. Remove the pot from the heat, cover the rice with a towel and a lid, and leave to finish cooking for 10 minutes. (10 min)
4. Melt the butter in another pot, add the skinned and chopped sausage, and fry until golden and cooked through to an internal temperature of 70°C.
5. Remove the towel from the rice, add the fried sausage and most of the Parmesan, and mix well.
6. Divide the rice among plates and sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan.

## What was changed

The salamella has been swapped for Fresh Italian-style pork sausage, which is easier to find in local shops.

Published 2026-10-09

https://fridge.menu/en/r/mantua-rice-with-salamella-9or534bk

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