Sweet-and-spicy cornish hens

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Apple jelly
1½ tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
1½ tablespoon Fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Minced pickled jalapeno chili; (wear rubber gloves)
Two; (1 1/4 to 1
; 1/2-pound) Cornish
; hens, halved and
; backbones discarded

Directions

In a saucepan combine the jelly, the lemon and lime juices, the Worcestershire sauce, and the jalapeno and heat the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, until the jelly is just melted. Pat the Cornish hens dry, sprinkle them with salt and black pepper, and arrange the halves, skin sides down, on a rack in a foil-lined roasting pan. Brush the halves with some of the sauce and roast them in the lower third of a preheated 500F.

oven for 15 minutes. Baste the halves with the sauce, turn them, and roast them, basting them after 7 minutes, for 15 minutes, or until the juices run clear when a thigh is pricked with a skewer.

Serves 2.

Gourmet June 1990

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