Recipe - Rock Cornish Game Hen

GAME HEN STOCK
1 md Onion,; cut in half
Game hen bones
1 Celery stalk
2 cup water
1 Chciken bouillon cube

VELOUTE SAUCE
One half tablespoon Butter
2 teaspoon Flour
1 cup Game hen stock
2 tablespoon Mushrooms, canned, cut or sliced up
2 tablespoon Bamboo shoots, canned
One half teaspoon White pepper

STUFFING FOR HENS
3 sl White bread
2 Pork link sausages
1/3 cup Celery; chooped fine
1/3 cup Onions; medium dice
One half teaspoon Thyme
1 tablespoon Chicken bouillon dissolved
in 1 tablespoon water

CLAY FOR SEALING POT
1 cup All purpose flour
Three fourths cup Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Baking poeder
One half dr Red food colouring
One half cup water

TO ASSEMBLE DISH
2 Boned game hens
1 Recipe stuffing
1 Recipe veloute sauce
3 Pork link sausages
4 Bacon strips
1 Clay pot
1 Recipe clay

*This recipe, to be baked in a clay pot, is made in several stages. In
fact, the game hen can be deboned the day before it is cooked. Use the
bones for stock, as dirested and prepare the stuffing for the hens the day
they are to be cooked. Make the clay for sealing before stuffing the hens.

DEBONING THE GAME HEN: Using a sharp boning knife, split the hen from the
buttuckes to the neck. The deboining is easier if the hen is split on one
side of the backbone, not down the middle. Lay the hen flat on the board to
expose the backbone and rib cage. Pull out the cartiledge in center.
Carefully pull the rib cage out, working the knife between the rib and the
flesh. Also remove the wishbone. Do not remove bone from the wings or
thighs or legs. Wash and dry hens and refrigerate, covered, until ready to
use.

GAME HEN STOCK: Press the onion, cut side down, on a hot surface until well
browned, Place onion and bones in baking pan and bake at 350 degrees F for
20 minutes. Combine celery, water, bouillon, and baked bones in a
saucepot. Boil, uncovered, to reduce liquid to 1/2. Set aside.

VELOUTE SAUCE: Heat butter in small saucepan and blend in flour. Stir in
stock gradually. Cook and stir with a whisk until thickened and smooth.
Ass remaining ingredients, Set aside.

STUFFING FOR GAME HENS: Put bread slices in blender or food processor with
steel blade and process to make medium crumbs. Set aside. Remove skins
from the sausage and crumble. Fry in a skillet until browned. Add celery
and onions and continue cooking until celery and onions are tender. Add
bread crumbs and remaining ingredients and mix throughly. Set aside.

CLAY FOR SEALING POTS: Mix dry ingredients. Mix food colouring with ater.
gradually stir into the flour mixture until it reaches the consistancy of a
biscuit batter. Mix well and set aside.

TO ASSEMBLE THE DISH: Spread hens out flat, sink sides down. Divide
stuffing between hens, shaping stuffing into balls. Bring hens up around
the stuffing and shape into a ball. Heat Veloute Sauce and pour into the
clay pot. Lay hens, breast side up, into Veloute Sauce. Cut each sausage
into 3 pieces and place around hens. Cover and seal edges of pot with clay.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour.

Source: Papeete Bay Verandah, Polynesian Village Resort Cooking With
Mickey Around Our World

Formatted: 103194 lfc