Ingredients
Glaze:
2/3 cup orange juice
2/3 cup dry red wine
1/4 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
pinch of ground cloves
Hens:
2 Cornish game hens (see note below)
2 small onions, quartered
6 garlic cloves, peeled
4 fresh sprigs of rosemary
Honey Tips
Honey Is Sweeter Than Sugar
Due to the high level of fructose, honey is 25% sweeter than table sugar.
Directions
Glaze:
Whisk together all glaze ingredients until well combined. Remove 1/2 cup and set aside to use as glaze for hens. Pour the remainder into a small pot and set aside.
Hens:
Rinse hens and pat dry. Sprinkle inside cavities and outside with salt and pepper. Place 1 quartered onion, 3 cloves garlic and 2 sprigs of rosemary in each cavity. Put hens on a rack in a roasting pan (a broiler pan works well).
Roast 10 minutes. Baste with reserved glaze. Continue roasting about 40-45 more minutes, basting with glaze every 10 minutes. Hens should reach an internal temperature of 175-180°. and be beautifully browned. Remove hens from pan and keep warm.
Pour any juices from pan into the small pot of glaze. Bring to a boil. Continue cooking at a medium boil for 12-15 minutes until sauce begins to reduce.
Remove onions, garlic and rosemary from cavity of cooked hens. Serve with reduced sauce.
Serves:2-4 (Please Note: if hens are small or you have hearty eaters you should serve one game hen per person and double the remaining ingredients.)
