Recipe - Cornish Game Hen With Tomato-Olive Sauce

One fourth cup Olive oil; plus
2 tablespoon Olive oil; divided use
1 lg Cornish game hen; cut into
quarters
2 Garlic cloves; chopped
1 teaspoon Chopped fresh rosemary
3 Fresh sage leaves; chopped
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Paprika
1 cup Diced tomatoes; drained
One half cup Dry red wine; or more
10 Black brinecured olives;
(such as kalamata or
nicoise)

Heat One fourth cup oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the
leg/thigh pieces and cook for 10 minutes. Add the breast pieces and
continue to cook for about 20 minutes, turning the quarters occasionally,
until meat is no longer pink. Transfer the quarters to paper towels to
drain.

Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large heavy saucepan over
mediumhigh heat. Add the hen quarters, the garlic, rosemary and sage.
Season with salt, pepper and paprika. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the
tomato, wine and olives. Cover and simmer until the sauce thickens slightly
and the hen quarters are cooked through, about 15 minutes.

PER SERVING: 825 calories, 47 g protein, 4 g carbohydrate, 69 g fat (13 g
saturated), 150 mg cholesterol, 323 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.

Recipes from Article, "RainyNight Suppers: Ten top chefs create sunny
Mediterranean dishes..." by Robin Davis, Chronicle Staff Writer, Wednesday,
February 18, 1998 (C) 1998 San Francisco Chronicle. URL:

Notes: May Ditano, chef/owner of Columbus Ristorante in the Marina, loves
this fragrant dish on drizzly nights. She serves it with roasted potatoes,
rice pilaf or soft polenta.

Recipe by: May Ditano, Columbus Ristorante, San Fran (1998)

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Feb 18,
1998