Cornish Game Hens with Grape Sauce

Name: Cornish Game Hens with Grape Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 Cornish hens; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 tablespoon ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon garlic granules; 1 tablespoon tarragon; 1 teaspoon rosemary; 1 teaspoon thyme; 1 teaspoon sage; 2 tablespoons paprika; 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup white grape jelly; 1 1/2 cups grape juice; 1 tablespoon flour; 1 tablespoon cornstarch (dissolved in tbsp. water); 1/2 cup chicken stock or 1/2 cup chicken broth; 1/4 cup sugar; small clusters grapes (to garnish); fresh herb (to garnish)

Submitted by Alan Leonetti

"I developed this recipe. This is a great way to impress your guest or guests. If you have more people for dinner, adjust all the amounts of the ingredients."

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Ready In:: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients:: 18
Serves:: 2

ingredients

2 Cornish hens
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic granules
1 tablespoon tarragon
1 teaspoon rosemary
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon sage
2 tablespoons paprika
¹⁄₂ cup butter
¹⁄₂ cup white grape jelly
1 ¹⁄₂ cups grape juice
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon cornstarch (dissolved in tbsp. water)
¹⁄₂ cup chicken stock or 1/2 cup chicken broth
¹⁄₄ cup sugar
small clusters grapes (to garnish)
fresh herb (to garnish)

directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Rinse the hens& pat dry inside& outside with paper towel.
Place hens on a rack in a roasting pan.
Season hens equally with salt, pepper, garlic, tarragon, rosemary, sage, thyme& paprika.
Roast in oven until golden brown, or until juice runs clear& not red when hens are punctured between the thigh& breast.
While the birds are in the oven, using a double boiler, melt the butter& stir in the flour.
Once blended, add the chicken stock or broth& allow the mixture to thicken, stirring occasionally.
Add the grape jelly, grape juice, sugar& the dissolved cornstarch.
Continue to cook& stir until thickened again.
To serve, pour some of the sauce onto the 2 plates.
Place the hens on top of the sauce& then pour the rest of the sauce over the hens.
Garnish the plates with a few small clusters of grapes& a few sprigs of herbs if desired.

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Alan Leonetti

Albuquerque, New Mexico

I was born in 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in this GREAT United States of America. I have since resided in Baltimore Maryland, Atlanta Georgia, Orlando Florida, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Los Angeles California, Selma Oregon, and now in Albuquerque New Mexico. I have enjoyed not only eating, but cooking all my life.

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