Panasonic NN-CD989S Cookbook page 24

STUFFED CORNISH HENS
WITH WILD RICE
1 1 ⁄ cups hot water
2
1 can frozen orange juice
(6 oz) concentrate, defrosted
and divided
1 package long grain and
(6 oz) wild rice mix
4 slices bacon, cooked and
crumbled (See page 15)
4 Cornish hens
(1 lb ea.)
1 ⁄ cup honey
3
In a 2-quart (2 L) casserole, combine water,
(60 ml) orange juice concentrate and rice. Cover with
lid. Cook at P7 6 minutes and at P4 20 - 25 minutes,
or until rice is tender; stir in bacon. Stuff hens with
rice mixture. With cotton string, tie legs together.
1
Place hens in a 2 ⁄ -quart (2.5 L) shallow oval
2
casserole dish.
To Cook by Combination: Place dish in oven. Cook
on Combination 4, 65 - 75 minutes, or until hens
are done. Meanwhile, combine remaining orange
juice concentrate and honey; brush hens twice
during last 10 minutes of cooking after draining off
pan juices.
To Microwave: Cook, covered with wax paper, at P7
35 - 40 minutes, or until hens are done. Meanwhile,
combine remaining orange juice concentrate and
honey. Brush hens every
10 minutes. Let stand, covered, 10 minutes before
serving.
Makes: 4 servings
ROAST DUCK WITH ORANGE
4 -
4 1 ⁄ lb
2
375 ml
1 ⁄ cup
4
1
(180 g)
2 tbsp
1
1
(180 g)
(11 oz)
4
Pierce skin of duck liberally with a fork to allow
4
grease to drain from duck. Combine fruit sauce and
(500 g ea.)
orange liqueur or orange juice; set aside.
80 ml
To Cook by Combination: Place duck breast-side
1 ⁄ cup
4 down on a microwave roasting rack set in a
2 1 ⁄ -quart (2.5 L) shallow oval casserole dish. Place
2
dish in oven. Cook on Combination 4, 60 minutes.
Drain. Turn duck breast-side up. Brush sauce on
duck. Cook on Combination 4, 25 - 30 minutes, or
until duck is done. Baste with sauce once. Garnish
with oranges.
To Microwave: Place duck breast-side down on
microwave roasting rack set in a 2
shallow oval casserole dish. Cook duck at P4
30 minutes; drain. Turn duck breast-side up. Brush
half of sauce on duck. Cook at P4 30 - 35 minutes,
or until duck is done. Brush with remaining sauce.
Drain occasionally. Let stand, covered, 10 minutes
before serving. Garnish with oranges.
Makes: 4 - 6 servings
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Stuffed Cornish Hens With Wild Rice
duck
bottled fruit sauce
(for poultry)
orange liqueur or orange
juice
can Mandarin oranges,
drained, optional
1 ⁄ -quart (2.5 L)
2
POULTRY
2 -
2.25 kg
60 ml
30 ml
1
(330 g)