Cornish Game Hens With Rosemary And Apple Stuffing

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cornish hens (i used frozen ones- but fresh would be just as yummy)
• 2 sprigs fresh basil
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1/2 garlic clove (diced or chopped)
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter (i cheated and bought some fresh "poultry" herbs- just picked out what i needed)
• 4 ounces extra virgin olive oil (extra virgin olive oil)
• 2 tablespoons of fresh diced red peppers
• 4 jona gold apples (sliced or diced whichever you prefer)
• 1 (8 ounce) bag of butter & herbed croutons
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (melted)
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 1/2 garlic clove (freshly chopped)
• 1 small vidalia onion (finely chopped)
• 1/4 cup scallion (chopped- 1-inch pieces so it adds color & flavor)

Recipe

• 1 1- prep hens- make sure you clean them well.
• 2 2- combine all of the marinade mixture and marinate the hens for 2 hours.
• 3 3- combine all of the stuffing ingredients- melt the butter and pour it over the croutons, add garlic, onion and rosemary add the chopped/diced apples last to the mixture before stuffing the hens.
• 4 3- preheat the oven to 425- arrange marinated hens in a large glass baking pan- prior to stuffing them make sure that you add some salt & pepper also set aside some of the marinade so that you can brush/baste a couple of times while they are cooking.
• 5 4- cook for about an hour and a half checking on them every 1/2 hour ( i covered my hens with foil until the last 20 minutes because i wanted the hens to have a nice color)
• 6 for those who like more robust flavor add additional herbs (to taste).