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Easy Sunday Dinner Cornish
Prep/Cook Time: 65 Minutes
Servings: 4
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Featuring:

PERDUE® Fresh Whole Cornish Hens, Twin Pack

Ingredients

2 PERDUE® Fresh Whole Cornish Hens, Twin Pack
2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Grated zest and juice of 1 orange
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon, or 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
Fresh tarragon sprigs to garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Brush hens with butter and season with salt and pepper. Place hens in shallow roasting pan or baking dish. Roast for 30 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, in a measuring cup combine orange and lemon juices, orange zest, corn syrup and tarragon. Pour this mixture over hens.
  3. Continue to roast, basting occasionally, for 30 to 40 minutes or until hens are well glazed, and meat thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh registers 180° F.
  4. Garnish with tarragon sprigs and serve with pan juices.

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