Cornish Game Hens And Shallots With Dried Cranberry Gravy Recipe
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 6 Tbsp. Unalted butter
- 1 1/2 x Teapsoons crumbled dry thyme
- 1 1/2 tsp Crumbled dry sage
- 2 tsp Freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 tsp Salt
- 4 x 1-1/2-lb. cornish hen, rinsed and patted, dry
- 1 1/2 lb Shallots, trimmed and peeled
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. Vegetable oil
- 1/2 c. Chicken broth
- 1/2 c. Red wine
- 1/2 c. Water
- 2 tsp Cornstarch dissolved in 2 Tbsp. water
- 1/3 c. Dry cranberries
- 1 Tbsp. Balsamic vinegar
Directions
- In a small bowl, blend together well 4 Tbsp. of the butter with the sage, thyme, zest and salt. Loosen the skin covering the breast meat on each hen by slipping your fingers under the skin and sliding them between the skin and the meat. Divide the butter mixtue bettween the hens, inserting it under the skin of each hen and smoothing it proportionately by rubbing the outside of the skin, and season the hens with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. In a roasting pan large sufficient to hold the cornish game hens, toss the shallots with the oil and salt and pepper to taste and roast them in the middle of the oven, stirring occasionally, for 25 to 30 min, or possibly till they are golden brown.
- Arrange hens, breast side up, on top of the shallots. Roast in the middle of the oven for 30 to 40 min, or possibly till juices run clear when fleshy part of a thigh is pierced (or possibly till a meat thermometer inserted in fleshy part of thigh registers 175 degrees). Transfer the hens with the shallots to a platter and let stand while making the gravy.
- To the roasting pan add in the broth, wine, water and simmer the mix, scraping up the brown bits, for 5 min. Strain the mix through a fine sieve set over a small saucepan, whisk the cornstarch mix, and add in it to the saucepan with the cranberries, vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer the gravy, whisking, for 5 min. Serve the hens with gravy.
- Yield: 4 servings
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