Honey-orange Cornish Game Hens

Total Time: 1 hr 6 mins Preparation Time: 16 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cornish hens
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 orange, cut in quarters
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup honey
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup thawed orange juice concentrate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 mix together salt, basil and allspice.
• 3 sprinkle mixture inside and outside of cornish hens.
• 4 place 1/4 orange in each hen and place them in a roasting pan.
• 5 add water to pan.
• 6 over low heat, simmer together honey, butter and orange juice concentrate until thickened.
• 7 drizzle about half the mixture over cornish hens and roast uncovered for about 25 minutes.
• 8 roast for another 25 minutes or until juices run clear and hens are not pink inside, basting with the rest of the honey-orange sauce after 10 minutes.