Turkey with pumpkin in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake a turkey with pumpkin in the oven? Prepare the necessary ingredients for the dish. You can use any turkey meat: fillet from the breast of a bird or from the thigh. I had a small breast fillet. Cut the cold butter into small cubes. If the kitchen is warm, then, so that the butter does not melt, put it in the refrigerator until it is needed.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel and seed the pumpkin and cut into medium pieces. You can use any kind of pumpkin.

3. Step 3:

   

   Disassemble the garlic head into separate cloves. Peel each clove from the husk.

4. Step 4:

   

   Thoroughly rinse and dry the turkey fillet. Cut the meat into medium pieces.

5. Step 5:

   

   Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, lay out the turkey. Fry the fillet pieces over high heat, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. You need to fry on high heat, this will seal the juices inside the meat. If the fire is less, then the meat, on the contrary, will begin to secrete juice and thus the roasting will turn into quenching. If the oil starts shooting, cover the pan with a lid.

7. Step 6:

   

   Put the pumpkin pieces in the baking dish. There is no need to lubricate the mold with anything. Lightly season the pumpkin with salt and pepper and place pieces of cold butter on top. If the pumpkin is dense and tough, then put the mold in a preheated 180 ° C oven for 20 minutes. My pumpkin was young, so I did not bake it beforehand, otherwise it would have completely boiled and turned into a puree.

8. Step 7:

   

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

9. Step 8:

   

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

10. Step 9:

    

    If fresh thyme sprigs were added, remove them from the mold. They have already given their flavor to the dish. Put the finished turkey and pumpkin on plates and serve to the table. Bon appetit!