UGHHH FRIDAY DIARY! I am so pumped- and can't wait til the end of the day to enjoy a nice weekend. I need to do a hard core grocery shopping run this weekend because I have cleaned out our new stainless and it's looking pretty bare. I used up pretty much the last of my rations last night on a winner of a dinner. Our favorite dinner guest, Brandon, came over last night for dinner and of course he came over with his payment- bottle of red wine. He also helped moved a few things for me so he earned his dinner. Diary, seeing that Brandon is a frequent dinner guest he has his list of favorite dinners form his favorite cook ( that's me )I was really happy about his review of last night's dinner. It actually made it's way to the top of Brandon's favorite dinners made by Jen list.
It has officially knocked off the lettuce wraps. So here is the easy and tasty recipe... I served it with sauteed summer squash and zucchini and Gabe's left over Mac & Cheese minus the fake cheese pack- we had feta instead...Mediterranean Cornish Hens
2 cornish hens
1/2 cup kalamata olives
hand full of capers
5 garlic cloves
1/2 lemon
1 white onion sliced
5 sprigs of thyme
Sea Salt
Cayenne Pepper
Olive Oil
Butter
Flour
Season Cornish hens with sea salt and cayenne pepper on both sides and inside cavity
Truss the legs together and place in shallow baking dish.
Toss the olives, capers, whole garlic cloves, onion and thyme with olive oil and juice of one lemon and pour over the hens.
Bake in the oven at 350 for one hour.
Baste often with butter- this makes the little hens so crispy!
Take hens out of dish to rest and place baking dish on the stove top over medium heat. Sprinkle 1 tbs of flour into the pan drippings and whisk until smooth and slightly thickened.
Top hens with pan sauce and serve with veggies and your favorite starch
Try it out... if Brandon say's it a winner I'm sure Diary's friends will like it too!
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