Salt Crusted Cornish Game Hen Recipe
This Salt-Crusted Cornish Game Hen is a delicious change from the normal chicken dishes that you always eat. Be sure to wipe off excess coarse salt from this herbed and garlic flavored baked hen. Enjoy as a meal. Want to know more about this Salt-Crusted Cornish Game Hen ? Why don't you talk to me about it here ?
Ingredients
4 Cornish game hens
1 onion, quartered
1/2 tsp (2 ml) thyme
4 garlic cloves, un-peeled
2 1/4 lbs (1 kg) coarse salt
Directions
– Preheat oven to 425 °F (220 °C).
– Place an onion quarter, a garlic clove, and a pinch of thyme inside each bird. Truss.
– Spread a layer of coarse salt in the bottom of a baking dish or a roasting pan. Place the Cornish hens on the layer of salt and cover them with salt, pressing with your hand to make the salt stick.
– Cook for 1 hour. Remove from oven and crack salt crust with a ladle. Wipe off excess salt with a pastry brush.
– Place an onion quarter, a garlic clove, and a pinch of thyme inside each bird. Truss.
– Spread a layer of coarse salt in the bottom of a baking dish or a roasting pan. Place the Cornish hens on the layer of salt and cover them with salt, pressing with your hand to make the salt stick.
– Cook for 1 hour. Remove from oven and crack salt crust with a ladle. Wipe off excess salt with a pastry brush.
