Greek Style Roasted Game Hens

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato (not oil packed)
• 1/3 cup fresh mint, chopped
• 1/4 cup kalamata olive, pitted and chopped
• 1/4 cup golden raisin
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cornish hens, halved

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 425. in a small saucepan bring 1 cup of water to boil. add the sun-dried tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes to blanch.
• 2 reserving 2 tablespoons of the cooking liquid, drain the tomatoes. place the reserved cooking liquid in a medium bowl. when cool enough to handle, coarsely chop the sun-dried tomatoes and add them to the bowl.
• 3 add the mint, olives, raisins, garlic, lemon zest, and salt to the sun-dried tomatoes, stirring to combine. using your fingers, carefully lift the game hensâ?? breast skin and as much of the thigh skin as you can without tearing it.
• 4 place ¼ of the stuffing mixture under the skin of each hen half.
• 5 place the hens, skin side up, on a rack in a roasting pan, and roast for 25 minutes or until they are cooked through. remove the skin before eating.