http://leitesculinaria.com/5516/recipes-roasted-cornish-hens-breadcrumb-sals.html This James Beard Award-winning site from David Leite offers food writing, cookbook and Portuguese recipes, giveaways, more. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:08:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://leitesculinaria.com/5516/recipes-roasted-cornish-hens-breadcrumb-sals.html#comment-6736 Testers Choice Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:44:10 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=5516#comment-6736 [Beth Westmark] The last time I fooled around with Cornish game hens was a decade ago. I swore a blood oath it was my last foray into that particular culinary territory. There's a good story there, which I'll save for another time. I noticed our supermarket now has fresh game hens that look a lot more appetizing than the old frozen solid versions that were ubiquitous in most grocery stores' deep, deep freeze section. Preparation of the hens themselves was plain and basic. The salsa transformed them. The way it interacted with the roasted hens reminded me of the way gremolata changes the flavor of osso buco. While I am not an anchovy aficionado, I've learned that they can subtly flavor certain dishes in such a way that a person might not be able to pick out their presence, but their absence would be missed. My husband, for example, loved the salsa, but was quite surprised to learn it contained anchovies. I would fix the salsa again to serve with grilled steaks or salmon, as suggested by the author. [Beth Westmark] The last time I fooled around with Cornish game hens was a decade ago. I swore a blood oath it was my last foray into that particular culinary territory. There’s a good story there, which I’ll save for another time. I noticed our supermarket now has fresh game hens that look a lot more appetizing than the old frozen solid versions that were ubiquitous in most grocery stores’ deep, deep freeze section. Preparation of the hens themselves was plain and basic. The salsa transformed them. The way it interacted with the roasted hens reminded me of the way gremolata changes the flavor of osso buco. While I am not an anchovy aficionado, I’ve learned that they can subtly flavor certain dishes in such a way that a person might not be able to pick out their presence, but their absence would be missed. My husband, for example, loved the salsa, but was quite surprised to learn it contained anchovies. I would fix the salsa again to serve with grilled steaks or salmon, as suggested by the author.

]]> http://leitesculinaria.com/5516/recipes-roasted-cornish-hens-breadcrumb-sals.html#comment-6735 Testers Choice Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:43:45 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=5516#comment-6735 [Cindi Kruth] I didn't expect to like this so much. It seemed like just roast hens with a topping. But what a topping. Roasting the hens couldn't have been easier. It was also a cinch to toss together the topping. As soon as I topped the hot roasted hens with the bread crumbs the aromas sprang to life. Each bite was a combination of crispy, juicy hen and savory, herby topping. A simple weeknight dinner made special. [Cindi Kruth] I didn’t expect to like this so much. It seemed like just roast hens with a topping. But what a topping. Roasting the hens couldn’t have been easier. It was also a cinch to toss together the topping. As soon as I topped the hot roasted hens with the bread crumbs the aromas sprang to life. Each bite was a combination of crispy, juicy hen and savory, herby topping. A simple weeknight dinner made special.

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