Happy Thanksgiving! Here is what I just cooked 3 hours ago: cornish game hens stuffed with dried-fruit-pecan-fig-apple-prosciutto stuffing, served with green beans and roasted sweet potatoes and apples. NO BIG TURKEY THIS YEAR. Turns out cornish game hens are a great alternative to turkey. In fact, I did not miss turkey at all. I will be posting a recipe shortly. Happy Thanksgiving to every one again, I hope you had a great feast!
Can you post the recipe please?
Are these little birds just what we call poussin – i.e. a small chicken? I always get confused about this when American programmes call for Cornish game hens as Cornwall doesn’t really have such birds as a distinct foodstuff and they are not sold over here at all. Your plate looks truly delicious though, there is nothing lovelier than a proper roast chicken dinner. I guess that they are also easier to heat through with stuffing in there. Yum! 🙂
Yes, Cornish game hen is just a small chicken! I don’t know why they call it hen, it can be male or female. And you’re absolutely right, it’s much easier to heat it through with stuffing in it – took me about 40 minutes to cook all 3 of them. It would’ve taken me 4-5 hours to cook a Thanksgiving size turkey with the same type of stuffing.
We went to mom’s for dinner, dad made a 15lb turkey for the small group of us that were there … only 10 this year. Too many for Cornish Hens, but I love this idea and know my husband would be more excited about the hens than the turkey!!
I must say I loved cornish hens better than turkey. I am a simple soul, what can I say?
We love Cornish hens..what a great idea..I made Osso Bucco for ours:)
Not traditional at all..
I am glad somebody else did not go traditional route. Osso Bucco is so delicious!