Free Recipe Stuffed Cornish Hens

Recipe Type: Free Recipes

Recipe Preparation: cook

Cooking Ingredients for Stuffed Cornish Hens Recipe

2 Cornish Hens
8 oz Fresh mushrooms; perhaps a
-mix of white and wild
3 oz Pancetta; thinly sliced and
-chopped
2 Cloves garlic; minced
4 Shallots – not green onions;
-chopped
2 Sprigs fresh rosemary;
-chopped
1/2 c Plus 1/4 cup white wine
1/2 c Chicken stock – canned or
-fresh (double strength if
-you have it but not
-bouillon cubes as your
-sauce will be too salty!
Olive oil
Butter
Salt
Pepper

Stuffed Cornish Hens Preparation

I like to stuff Cornish hens, roast them and serve them with a simply white wine, chicken stock reduction. This is, as usual, off the top of my head with approximate quantities. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (yes, 450!). Saute pancetta, shallots and mushrooms in olive oil until the mushrooms are almost done, then add the garlic and rosemary and continue to cook until the mushrooms are done. Add 1/4 white wine and season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and let cool until you can handle it. Stuff hens with mushroom mixture, truss and rub the hens with olive oil and butter until well coated. Season the hens entirely with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Place the hens in a pan that can go in the oven and stovetop that is not much larger than hens (a 10-11 inch frying pan with a metal handle is ideal) and roast at 450 until they are done (45-55 minutes but keep an eye on them). Remove hens from pan and tent with foil. Remove most of the clear fat from the pan, making sure the caramelized bits and dark liquid stay in the pan. Place pan on medium high heat and once the liquid begins to bubble, deglaze with 1/2 cup white wine. Add chicken stock and reduce by 1/2 over high heat. If there are any undissolved bits, strain your sauce. Serve one hen per person, spooning sauce overtop. Avoid serving this with anything that would soak up the sauce (like mashed potatoes) as there isn”t much sauce and you will want it with the bird. This is nice with roasted potatoes and perhaps some green beans with butter. Posted to FOODWINE Digest by Romain Saha <rsaha@CCMAIL.AIT.CA> on Sep 9, 1997

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Recipe Serves: 1

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