Baked Game Hens Vacherie

Recipe Ingredients

6		Cornish game hens
3 teaspoons	15ml	Louisiana gold pepper sauce
		Salt to taste
2 teaspoons	10ml	Dry thyme
		Cracked black pepper to taste
2 teaspoons	10ml	Dry basil
3 tablespoons	45ml	Chopped garlic
		Paprika for color
4 teaspoons	20ml	Green peppercorns
1 oz	28g	Dry white wine
6 teaspoons	30ml	Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Chopped parsley
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Melted butter

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Split Cornish hens in two and remove back bone and wing tips. Season hens well on all sides using salt, pepper, and garlic. Using a sharp paring knife, cut small pockets in breasts and thighs of each hen. Insert green peppercorns in each pocket and place on baking sheet skin side up.

Coat each bird well with Worcestershire, Louisiana Gold, melted butter, thyme, basil and paprika. Add additional salt and pepper if necessary. Pour excess butter and white wine in bottom of baking pan and place in oven. Bake for thirty minutes, basting occasionally with drippings.

Hens will be cooked when legs separate easily from thighs. Remove from oven, place hens on serving platter and keep warm. Add chopped parsley to pan drippings, blend well into sauce and pour over Cornish hens.

Source:
Chef John Folse

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