Fruit Glazed Rock Cornish Game Hens

Recipe Ingredients

4		Frozen rock Cornish game hens - thawed
		= (abt 1 3/4 to 2 lbs ea)
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
8 tablespoons	120ml	Butter - (1 stick)
4 tablespoons	60ml	Chopped chives - fresh or frozen
1 teaspoon	5ml	Dried rosemary - crushed
2 tablespoons	30ml	Lemon juice
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Low-carb sugar free fruit jam
		= (apricot is great here)
8		Splenda

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Wash the hens thoroughly, then dry inside and outside with paper towels. Sprinkle the skin and cavities with salt and pepper.

Melt the butter, remove it from the heat, and add the chives and rosemary. Place about 1 tablespoon of the melted butter mixture inside each hen. Close the hens with small metal skewers or toothpicks. Tie the legs together with clean string. Add the lemon juice to the remaining butter mixture.

Place hens in a roasting pan, breast-side up. Baste them with the herb-flavored butter and roast them in a 350 degree oven for about 1 hour, turning the hens occasionally and basting with the herb butter. After 1 hour, raise the temperature to 475 to 500 degrees to brown and crispen the skin.

Warm the jam, remove it from the flame and add Splenda. When the hens are almost done, brush them evenly with the jam and roast until nicely glazed. Remove the string and serve hot.

This recipe yields 4 servings; 1.5 carb grams per serving.

Source:
Low Carb Recipes at http://www.lowcarbluxury.com

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