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  • Cornish Game Hens With Vanilla Cherry Sauce

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    Ingredients

    • 4 x Cornish game hens Coarse sea salt and coarsely grnd pepper
    • 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter
    • 4 c. Bing cherries, stemmed and pitted
    • 4 x - inches of a vanilla bean, split lengthwise
    • 4 tsp sugar or possibly 1 Tbsp. honey
    • 1 Tbsp. finely minced fresh tarragon
    • 1 c. ruby port
    • 2 Tbsp. cherry vinegar (or possibly other fruit vinegar)

    Directions

    1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Rub game hens with salt and pepper and dot with butter. Place in oven and roast till tender, basting several times.
    2. When hens are tender, place on platter and keep hot.
    3. Place pan with juices over high heat, and deglaze pan with cherry vinegar.
    4. Add in vanilla bean, sugar or possibly honey, tarragon and port, and mix well. Add in cherries and cook till cherries are tender and pan liquor has reduced by 1/2. If cherries are tender but the sauce hasn't reduced sufficient, spoon cherries into a small bowl and continue reducing liquor.
    5. Adjust seasonings, add in cherries back into pan to heat if necessary, then pour over game hens and serve with wild rice pilaf or possibly plain buttered rice.
    6. Serves 4-6

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