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Peppered Cornish Game Hens In Sage-infused Olive Oil Recipe


Peppered Cornish Game Hens In Sage-infused Olive Oil Recipe
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Little cornish hens will hopefully shine in this original recipe.

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Ingredients
  • 2 fairly large hens approx. same size
  • 2 1/4 inch pats of butter cut in half
  • kosher salt
  • 1/4 c. good drinking wine
  • 4-6 cloves of garlic
  • pepper mill pepper
  • 2 tsp fresh grated ginger
  • chiffonade of cilantro
  • 6 beautiful fresh sage leaves
  • virgin olive oil twice around an extra large cast iron skillet
  • 1 thin pat of butter
  • flour
  • half and half
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  • frying potatoes cut in very small cubes
  • cherry tomatos
  • tiny button mushrooms

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350dF
  2. wash birds and pat dry
  3. set aside
  4. put skillet on low heat to prepare
  5. ------------------------
  6. in a small bowl :
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  8. garlic minced very small
  9. 4 turns of pepper mill
  10. 1 large pinch kosher salt
  11. mix together with your fingers
  12. cut birds in half and make a slit between thigh and body
  13. rub birds with mixture in and out
  14. -----------------------------
  15. pan should be warm enuf to add oil and thin pat of butter
  16. as soon as butter melts fry sage quickly and remove from pan;set aside
  17. brown the 4 pieces of hen quickly in pan
  18. remove from pan and place is baking dish
  19. quickly brown potatoes ( do not cook, just saute quickly and place around birds in baking dish
  20. place baking dish in pre-heated 350d F oven
  21. -----------------------------------
  22. deglaze fry pan with the white wine
  23. warm tomatoes and button mushrooms in fry pan salt remove set aside
  24. slowly incorporate flour
  25. low low heat
  26. incorporate half and half ; taste to adjust seasoning set aside for
  27. gravy
  28. ----------------------------------------
  29. Cook from 30-45 minutes
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  31. Plate on a large warmed platter
  32. potatoes on either side with sage placed neatly on potatoes
  33. Drizzle gravy over hens
  34. decorate with chiffonade cherry tomatoes and mushrooms

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Comments


Wolfpackjack like cornish game hen....great post... thanks


They will shine like all the stars in the night sky, and only for you.


A Cornish hens dinner was the first meal I made my husband, I was 19 and just learning how to cook. now though he is so picky he won't eat anything with bones, that's what I get for spoiling him. But I love little cornish hens. Great post :)


Going to give this a try tonight. thanks for the posting


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