Rock Cornish Hens with Craisin Sauce
Print recipe| Serves | 6 - 8 |
Ingredients
- 4 Rock Cornish hens
- JE (just enough) salt to taste
- 1/4 melted butter
- 2/3 cups Craisins
- 2/3 cups orange juice
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 Tsp paprika
- good grinding of fresh pepper
- 2 Cups milk
Directions
| Heat oven to 350 °F . Wash hens and pat dry with paper towel. Sprinkle salt in the cavities. Place hens breast side up on rack in open shallow roasting pan; Brush with melted butter. Do not add water. Do not cover. Roast 50 minutes brushing hens 3 or 4 times with the melted butter. | |
| Craisin Sauce | |
| Meanwhile, combine the Craisins and orange juice in small saucepan; heat to boiling. Take off the heat and let sit for 5 minutes with the cover on. | |
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Melt ¼ cup butter in small saucepan. Take off the heat and blend in the flour, 1 tsp salt, the paprika and pepper. Add about ¼ cup of the milk and stir in. Place it back on the stove and continue to stir and gradually add the rest of the milk; continue to stir until it thickens. Gradually stir in the Craisin-orange juice mixture. If the sauce is too thick, you can thin it with additional orange juice or milk.  | |
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Increase oven temperature to 400 °F ; roast hens 10 minutes longer or until brown.  | |
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Cut each hen in half, place on plate. Serve with "Easy Steamed Rice" and Craisin sauce.  | |