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Cornish Game Hens With Vanilla Cherry Sauce
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
- 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.
- When hens are tender, place on platter and keep hot.
- Place pan with juices over high heat, and deglaze pan with cherry vinegar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Serves 4-6
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