Brandy-buttered Cornish Hens Recipe
Yield: 6 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
6: Cornish hens,
1/2 cup: Butter (or marg.), melted
Salt,
1/4 cup: Brandy, apricot, peach or
Pepper,
-plum flavored,
PECAN STUFFING
1 cup: Apple juice, unsweetened
1/4 cup: Butter, or marg.
1/4 cup: Brandy, apricot, peach or
8 ounce: Cornbread stuffing mix,
-plum flavored,
3/4 cup: Pecans, chopped
Directions:
Remove giblets from hens; reserve for another use. Rinse hens with
cold water, and pat dry. Sprinkle cavity of each with salt and
pepper. Secure neck skin to back with toothpick; lift wingtips up
and over back so they are tucked under hen.
Lightly stuff cavity of hens with Pecan Stuffing; close cavity, and
secure with toothpicks. Tie leg ends to tail with cord or string.
Brush hens with butte,r and sprinkle generously with pepper. Combine
remaining butter with brandy.
Place hens, breast sude up, in a large shallow baking pan. Bake at
350 degrees for 1 to 1-1/2 hours, depending on size of hens; baste
every 10 minutes with brandy mixture.
Pecan Stuffing: Combine apple juice, brandy, and butter in a large
saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until butter
melts. Add stuffing mix and pecans, stirring lightly. Yield: enough
for 6 Cornish Hens.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, April 1980. Typos by Nancy Coleman.
Submitted By KEN SMALL On 12-28-95
Source from luhu.jp
cold water, and pat dry. Sprinkle cavity of each with salt and
pepper. Secure neck skin to back with toothpick; lift wingtips up
and over back so they are tucked under hen.
Lightly stuff cavity of hens with Pecan Stuffing; close cavity, and
secure with toothpicks. Tie leg ends to tail with cord or string.
Brush hens with butte,r and sprinkle generously with pepper. Combine
remaining butter with brandy.
Place hens, breast sude up, in a large shallow baking pan. Bake at
350 degrees for 1 to 1-1/2 hours, depending on size of hens; baste
every 10 minutes with brandy mixture.
Pecan Stuffing: Combine apple juice, brandy, and butter in a large
saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until butter
melts. Add stuffing mix and pecans, stirring lightly. Yield: enough
for 6 Cornish Hens.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, April 1980. Typos by Nancy Coleman.
Submitted By KEN SMALL On 12-28-95
Source from luhu.jp