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This is truly one of the great ways to cook chicken ? the golden brown colour and crispiness of the chicken skin is just irresistible. I have used Greek gyros spice mix to marinate the chicken, but you can use any of your favourite spice blend. Any root vegetable puree is great with chicken--celeriac, sweet potato or parsnip, just experiement and enjoy!
Pumpkin Puree

6 Chicken drumsticks, skin-on and boneless
2 tbsp Gyros spice
2 tbsp Olive oil
50 g Unsalted butter
1-2 tbsp Flat-leaf parsley, chopped

500 g Butternut pumpkin, peeled and cut into 2-3cm dice
1 tsp Sea salt
50 g Unsalted butter, diced
1 Small onion, finely diced Freshly ground black pepper

For the pumpkin puree, place the diced butternut in a saucepan and add cold water until it sits just below the top of the pumpkin. Add in half of the sea salt and simmer until soft, about 20 minutes. Drain any remaining water and set aside.
Meanwhile, heat 30 g of butter in a heavy-based saucepan over low heat. Add the onion and the remaining sea salt and saute until the onion is very soft, about 5 minutes. Add in the drained butternut pumpkin and cook for a further 2 minutes. Reserve some for the garnish if desired.
Puree the rest in a food processor or blender. Stir in the remaining butter until completely melted. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
For the chicken, remove them from the refrige...