Recipe - 20 Clove Of Garlic Roasted Game Hens

2 1 One half pound cornish game
hens
6 tablespoon Softened butter
8 Fresh sage leaves
2 teaspoon Grated lemon zest
40 Cloves garlic
One half cup White wine
1 cup Chicken stock
2 tablespoon Arrowroot
2 tablespoon Water

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a pot of boiling water blanch garlic cloves for 30 seconds. Remove
to ice bath to stop cooking. Remove skins

In a small bowl, combine softened butter, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
Loosen the skin of the hens by slipping your fingers between the meat
and skin of the breast and legs. Rub the butter mixture under the
skin of each hen. Place a fresh sage leaf under the skin on each
breast half and at each leg.

Place hens, head to toe, in roasting pan. Place garlic cloves inside
the cavities and surrounding each hen.

Roast hens for 25 to 30 minutes at 400 degrees, until juices run
clear when thigh is pierced.

Remove hens and garlic from roasting pan to platter. Pour off fat and
juices into defatting cup.

Place roasting pan over heat. Pour in One half cup white wine to deglaze.
Reduce until almost evaporated, scraping up the brown bits from the
bottom of pan. When reduced, add 1 cup chicken stock and any juices
that have settled in the defatting cup and from the platter. Mix
together 2 tablespoons arrowroot and 2 tablespoons water. Add to
sauce and bring to a boil to achieve full thickening power.

Cut hens in half down breast bone and back bone. Serve half a hen per
guest. Serve pan sauce on side.

Yield: 4