Roasted Game Hens with Caramelized Root Vegetables and Dried-Currant Sauce
Roasted Game Hens with Caramelized Root Vegetables and Dried-Currant Sauce is a gluten free and primal recipe with 6 servings. This recipe covers 48% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 75g of protein, 73g of fat, and a total of 1238 calories. It works well as a main course. Head to the store and pick up currants, cornish game hens, rutabagas, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the dried currants you could follow this main course with the Soda Bread Scones as a dessert.
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Melt butter with oil in very large pot over medium-high heat.
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Cooking Oil
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Add onion; sauté 5 minutes.
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Add rutabagas and next 4 ingredients; sauté until vegetables are caramelized and tender, stirring often, about 30 minutes. Stir in chestnuts, garlic, and thyme; sauté 5 minutes. Season generously with salt and pepper. Do ahead Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring frequently, until heated through before serving.
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Vegetable
Chestnuts
Rutabaga
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Thyme
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Mix 1/4 cup thyme, shallots, oil, orange peel, garlic, and crushed juniper berries in small bowl for marinade. Rub marinade all over hens.
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Thyme
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Place hens in large roasting pan; cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight.
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Preheat oven to 325°F.
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Pour 1 1/2 cups broth into roasting pan with hens.
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Sprinkle hens with salt and pepper. Cover pan tightly with foil. Roast until hens are cooked through and juices run clear when thighs are pierced with fork, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
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Aluminum Foil
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Remove from oven. Preheat broiler.
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Pour pan juices from hens into small saucepan; add dried currants and remaining 1 tablespoon thyme. Boil until liquid is reduced to 1 cup, about 5 minutes (sauce will be thin). Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
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Dried Currants
Sauce
Thyme
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Meanwhile, broil hens until lightly browned, watching closely to avoid burning, about 4 minutes.
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Place 1 hen half on each plate. Divide caramelized vegetables among plates. Spoon sauce over hens and serve.