Recipe

Stuffed Cornish Hens Recipe

	Pleclare / All my dishes 1 year, 8 months ago Sausage stuffed cornish hens with a pan gravy! Great company meal. Prep:20m Cook:45m Servings:4	Pleclare
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Ingredients

6 frozen breakfast sausage

2 small onions

4 slices homemade-style white bread torn into small pieces

3 Tbs. unsalted butter,melted

1/4 tsp. dried sage

1/4 tsp dried thyme

Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper

4 Rock Cornish hens(1-11/4 lbs. each) rinsed and dried

1/2c white wine or vermouth,optional

one 14 or 141/2oz. can chicken broth

3Tbs unbleached all purpose flour

Directions

Preheat oven to 375;arrange frozen sausages in a shallow roasting pan and roast till cooked through,about 18 to 20 mins.. Set the sausage aside till they are cool enough to handle;then cut them into1/4" slices. Resarve the pan. Turn heat up to 475

Meanwhile,finely chop one onion and coarsely chop the other. Combine the sliced sausages,bread,finely chopped onion,2Tbs of the butter,the sage,thyme,1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Season the hens inside and out with an additional 1/4tsp salt and 1/4tsp pepper. Stuff each hen with 1/4 of the bread mixture and tie the legs. Arrange the hens on a rack in a shallow roasting pan and drizzle the wine and remaining 1Tbs butter over them.

Roast the hens for 20 mins. Add coarsely chopped onion to the pan and continue roasting for 10-15 mins longer,until meat thermometer inserted in thigh joint registers 170. Transfer the hens to a platter,cover loosely with foil and let rest 10 mins

Meanwhile,put roasting pan on burner;add the broth and bring tio a boil,stirring to loosen any brown bits in bottom of pan. Whisk together 1/4c water and the flour;add to the roasting pan and bring to a boil,stirring constantly. Simmer 3 mins. Serve the hens with the sauce.

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