Christmas Day Meal 2010

Christmas Day

25 December 2010

 

Starters:

 

Main Course:

 

Bricked Cornish Game Hens

with savory and lemon

 

Glazed Baby Carrots

 

Spinach Salad

with garlic dressing

 

Desert:

 

Maryann’s Kitchen

Wild Maine Blueberry pie

with

Maple’s

Sea Salt Carmel-Almond Gelato

Kittery Point, Maine – David Gibson and Kathy Connor

Bricked Cornish Game hens from Cooking With Claudine, TV Programs in Cooking Notes, 10/4/97, two entries, Salad the same.

Bricked Cornish Game Hens

Open up, Russian style, cut ribs off, flatten, cover with plastic wrap and pound.

Season with salt, pepper and dry savory.

Place in very hot pan skin side down. I can get two in the oval Caphlaon baking pan

After a couple of minutes turn over and cover, cook 10 mins

Turn back over and place foil wrapped bricks on top, lower heat to low.

Cook 25-30 minutes.

Remove chickens,

Deglaze with white wine.

To plate up:

Cut chickens in half.

Place over salad.

Garnish with lemon juice, zest and fresh dill or savory.

Top with sauce.

Spinach Salad with Garlic Dressing:

2 cloves of garlic crushed and chopped placed in the salad bowl

Add

mustard

cracked pepper

red wine vinegar

olive oil

Wisk

Add spinach greens and toss

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