Turkey with pumpkin in the oven

4 servings
1 hour 20 min

How to bake turkey with pumpkin in the oven? Prepare the necessary ingredients for the dish. Turkey meat can be used by anyone: fillet from the breast of a bird or from the thigh. I had a small fillet of breast. Chop the cold butter into small cubes. If the kitchen is warm, so that the oil does not melt, put it in the refrigerator until you need it.

Peel and seed the pumpkin and cut into medium pieces. Pumpkin can be used in any variety.

Disassemble the garlic head into separate cloves. Clean each clove from husks.

Rinse and dry the turkey fillet thoroughly. Cut the meat into medium pieces.

In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil, put out the turkey. Fry the fillet pieces over high heat, stirring occasionally, until ruddy. You need to fry on a high heat, it seals the juices inside the meat. If the fire is less, then the meat, on the contrary, will begin to secrete juice and thus roasting will turn into extinguishing. If the oil starts to shoot, cover the pan with a lid.

Put the pumpkin pieces into the baking tin. There is no need to lubricate the uniform. Lightly salt the pumpkin, pepper and arrange pieces of cold butter on top. If the pumpkin is dense and stiff, then put the tin in the oven warmed to 180 ° C for 20 minutes. I had a young pumpkin, so I didn't bake it first, otherwise it would have completely boiled and turned into mashed potatoes.

Spread the roasted turkey over the pumpkin. Lay garlic cloves on the turkey.

Salt everything, pepper, sprinkle with Provence herbs. If desired, you can arrange sprigs of fresh thyme on top. Put the pumpkin turkey in warmed to 180 ° C and bake for about 30 minutes. If you wish, you can cover the shape with foil, so the dish will turn out to be a little more juicy.

If fresh thyme sprigs were added, remove them from the mold. They have already given their aroma to the dish. Arrange the finished turkey with pumpkin on plates and serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!