Roasted Cornish Hens

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Title: Roasted Cornish Hens
Categories: Meat, Poultry
Yield: 2 servings


2 Cornish hens -- rinsed
1 lemon
4 cloves garlic -- peeled
1 branch fresh rosemary-OR-
2 ts dried rosemary
1 TB honey
1 TB olive oil
: Salt and pepper
1/4 c white wine
1/2 c chicken stock

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pat the hens dry with a
cloth. Slice lemon in half and squeeze juice into a
medium bowl. Stuff hen cavities with half lemon, 2
cloves garlic and 1/2 branch of fresh rosemary. Add
honey, oil and salt and pepper to lemon juice and
blend together. Baste the hens with the lemon honey
sauce. Place in a small roasting pan and roast for 20
Minutes. Reduce heat and continue roasting for 20 to
30 minutes basting the hens occasionally. Roast the
hens until the juices run clear from the thigh.
Transfer hens to cutting board and let sit for 10
minutes. Place roasting pan on stove burner and stir
in white wine. Bring to a simmer and scrape brown bits
from bottom of pan. Stir in chicken stock and simmer.
Serve hens hot with sauce.

Recipe By : TVFN How to Boil Water

Date: 09/26/96

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