Recipe - Pouissant Au Champagne

3 Cornish game hens; or baby
chickens
Salt
Pepper
One half cup Butter
1 Jigger cognac; 1 One half ounces
1 One half cup Champagne
One half pound Fresh mushrooms; cut or sliced up
3 Egg yolks
One half pt Cream

Sprinkle cavities of chicken or game hens with salt and pepper. In a deep
roasting pan with a cover, melt butter. Turn off heat. Gently turn the
birds in the melted butter to coat, but not to brown.

Pour cognac over birds and ignite., Now add the champagne. Cover and simmer
slowly for about 30 minutes or untiler tender.

Remove birds from pan and add cut or sliced up mushrooms. Mix egg yolks and cream
together in a smqall bowl. Beat thoroughly using a wire whisk or wooden
spoon. Slowly stir into pan juices to create gravy. Simmer and thickened.

Now place birds on a serving platter or carve meat from the birds and place
the slices on the serving platter. Pour gravy over the meat or birds and
serve.

Recipe by: The times Magazine, Nov. 13, 1978

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "abprice@wf.net" abprice@wf.net on Apr 13,
1998