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Cornish Game Hens With Peach-pecan Dressing Recipe


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Ingredients
  • 1/3 c Finely sliced prosciutto
  • 3 Cornish game hens;
  • 1 1/2 c Canned chicken broth
  • 1 c Low-fat mayonnaise
  • 1 bn Watercress
  • 5 ts sliced fresh rosemary
  • 3 tb Apricot fruit spread
  • 6 tb Butter; room temperature
  • 2 1/2 ts Dijon mustard

Directions
  • Step #1 preheat your trusty oven to 400F.
  • Step #2 mix butter, 3 tbsps prosciutto, 2 1/2 tsps rosemary & 1 1/2 tsps mustard in bowl.
  • Step #3 Spice up this with salt & pepper.
  • Step #4 Run fingers under skin over breast of each game hen, loosening skin from meat.
  • Step #5 Rub 1 tbsp butter mixture under skin over breast of each hen.
  • Step #6 Sprinkle top hens inside & out with salt and pepper.
  • Step #7 Place 1 tsps butter mixture in each cavity.
  • Step #8 Truss hens with kitchen string.
  • Step #9 Place hens on rack in large roasting pan.
  • Step #10 Pour 1/3 c broth over hens.
  • Step #11 Dot each hen with 1 tsp butter mixture.
  • Step #12 Roast hens 30 mins, basting with remaining broth & butter every 10 mins.
  • Step #13 Continue roasting without basting until juices run clear when thigh is pierced at thickest part, about 30 mins more.
  • Step #14 Reserve 1/4 c pan juices.
  • Step #15 Cool hens.
  • Step #16 Cut each hen in half.
  • Step #17 Mix mayonnaise, remaining prosciutto, apricot spread, rosemary and mustard, & 1/4 c pan juices in small bowl.
  • Step #18 (Hens & sauce can be made 1 day ahead.
  • Step #19 Cover & chill.
  • Step #20 ) Arrange watercress on large platter.
  • Step #21 Arrange hens atop.
  • Step #22 serve this with sauce.
  • Step #23 Serves 6.
  • Step #24 --.
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