Rock Cornish Game Hens Elegante

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

Cornish Hens

• 6 to 8 rock Cornish hens
• Salt and pepper

Stuffing

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cups sliced celery
• 2 teaspoons fines herbes
• 6 cups cooked brown rice
• 1/4 cup chopped almonds
• 1/3 cup Hiram Walker Amaretto or Apricot Flavored Brandy
• 1/2 cup golden raisins

Glaze

• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup Hiram Walker Amaretto or Apricot Flavored Brandy

Sauce

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups orange juice
• Strips of orange peel

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Prepare the Stuffing.

Cornish Hens

1. Season hens inside and out with salt and pepper.
2. Stuff the hens.
3. Bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours until hens are tender, basting occasionally with glaze. Place hens on warm platter and place roasting pan on top of stove over low heat.

Stuffing

1. Heat butter in saucepan and sauté onion until golden brown. Add fines herbes and celery and sauté for 5 minutes. Stir in brown rice, almonds, raisins and Amaretto or Apricot Flavored Brandy. Stuff hens. Sew or skewer openings.

Glaze

1. Mix ingredients together; set aside.

Sauce

1. Gradually stir flour and orange juice into pan juices. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Spoon over hens and garnish with orange peel and watercress.