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- From: nlm@attunix.uucp (Nancy Mintz)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Fruit Cornish hens
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- Date: 27 Feb 87 08:48:24 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE AUTUMN-HENS M "26 Dec 86" 1987
- .RZ "FRUIT CORNISH HENS" "Cornish game hens stewed in fruit and sugar"
- I originally got this recipe from the Sunday magazine of the local paper.
- I served it last year for Christmas dinner, and it's very good.
- What's more, this recipe is \fIeasy\fR: you just
- put everything in a bowl, marinate overnight, then bake until done!
- .IH "serves 8"
- .IG "8" "Cornish game hens"
- (each about
- .AB "1 lb" "500 g" )
- .IG "12" "large garlic cloves,"
- peeled and finely minced
- .IG "4 Tbsp" "dried oregano" "5 g"
- .IG "" "salt"
- (to taste)
- .IG "" "pepper"
- (to taste)
- .IG "1 cup" "red wine vinegar" "25 cl"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "olive oil" "1 dl"
- .IG "1 cup" "pitted prunes" "150 g"
- .IG "1 cup" "dried apricots" "150 g"
- .IG "1 cup" "pitted green olives" "150 g"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "capers" "100 g"
- (plus a bit of the juice)
- .IG "8" "bay leaves"
- .IG "1 cup" "brown sugar" "200 g"
- .IG "1 cup" "dry white wine" "25 cl"
- .IG "4 Tbsp" "Italian parsley" "10 g"
- (chopped)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Clean hens well under cold water. Pat dry.
- .SK 2
- In a large bowl, combine hens, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, vinegar, oil,
- prunes, apricots, olives, capers (with juice) and bay leaves. Cover and
- refrigerate overnight to marinate.
- .SK 3
- Preheat oven to
- .TE 350 175 .
- .SK 4
- Arrange game hens in 1 or 2 shallow roasting pans. Spoon all the marinade
- over the hens. Sprinkle evenly with brown sugar and pour wine around them.
- .SK 5
- Bake for 1 to 1\(14 hours, basting frequently, until golden. Juice should
- look clear when thigh is pricked with a fork.
- .SK 6
- Transfer hens, fruit, olives and capers to a serving platter. Moisten with
- pan juices and sprinkle with parsley.
- Pass remaining pan juices in a sauceboat.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 5 minutes preparation, overnight marinating, 1 hour cooking.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Nancy Mintz
- UNIX System Development Lab, AT&T\-IS, Summit, NJ
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