Cherry Marinated Cornish Game Hens

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 whole cornish hens
• 1 (25 ounce) jar cherries in syrup, pitted (sweet or sour)
• honey
• salt
• pepper
• garlic powder
• paprika
• parsley

Recipe

• 1 drain the syrup from the cherries; reserve cherries.
• 2 place cherry syrup in a plastic ziplock bag with the 2 cornish hens.
• 3 seal and marinate hens (turn bag occasionally to distribute syrup) overnight in the refrigerator.
• 4 bring hens to room temperature 1 hour before roasting.
• 5 drain and pour syrup into the bottom of a roasting pan and place hens on a roast rack over the pan.place some cherries in the cavity of the hens, reserve the others for garnish.
• 6 season hens to taste and rub or brush all over with honey.roast hens 375°f for about 1 hour or done. carefully remove hens to platter.
• 7 spoon the pan syrup and drippings over the hens and garnish with the reserved cherries.