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Cornish Hen in Wine Sauce Cornish Hen always looks elegant, but is so easy to prepare that it mainly fixes itself. For a heart healthier meal, don't eat the skin. |
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| 1 Cornish hen, split lengthwise | |
| 1 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms | |
| garlic salt | |
| 1 1/2 tbsp. butter or margarine | |
| salt and fresh ground black pepper | |
| 1/4 cup dry white wine | |
| 1 small onion chopped | |
| 3 tbsp. commercial no-fat sour cream | |
| Sprinkle hen halves with seasonings; place cut side down in a lightly greased baking dish. | |
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Cover with foil, and bake at 350o for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 30 minutes.
Sauté onion and mushrooms in butter over medium heat for 5 minutes; stir in wine. Pour wine mixture over hen halves.
Bake another 25 minutes or until juice runs clear when thigh is pierced with a fork.
Remove hen halves to serving platter and stir sour cream into pan drippings. Pour over Cornish hen.
Source: Southern Living Cookbook for Two | |
| Serve with Asparagus Salad Vinaigrette | |
| Baked apples shared the oven with the hens. Two apples were cored, peeled, and placed in a shallow casserole. After putting 1 tbsp. sugar in the center of each apple, sprinkle with 1/4 teas. each of cinnamon and nutmeg and top with a pat of butter. Heat 1/3 cup apple juice to boiling, add to dish and bake @ 400o for 1 hour, basting occasionally with juice. |