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Red Raisin-Sauced Cornish Hens

Type: Poultry
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Stove-top stuffing mix - (6 oz)
4   Cornish hens - (to 5)
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
  Sauce
1   Red currant jelly - (10 oz)
1/2 cup 80g / 2.8ozGolden raisins
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozButter or margarine
2 teaspoons 10mlLemon juice
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlAllspice

Recipe Instructions

Mix stuffing according to package directions and stuff hens. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place trivet in crockpot. For a 3-1/2 quart pot, place hens on end, neck end down.

In saucepan combine jelly, raisins, butter, lemon juice and allspice. Cook on low heat, stirring, until blended. Brush some of the sauce on hens in the pot. Brush hens once during cooking, if possible.

Cover crockpot and cook on LOW for 5 to 7 hours. Spoon remaining sauce over hens at serving time.

This recipe yields 4 to 5 servings.

Source:
Southern U.S. Cuisine (crockpot collection) at - http://southernfood.about.com

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