Cornish Game Hens With Peach Glaze

• 2 Cornish hens
• 1/3 cup salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper
• basil
• Glaze
• 1/2 cup peach preserves (can use Apricot)
• 1/2 cup butter

1. Cut the hens down the backbone (split).
2. Brine the hens: dissolve the salt in water,put hens& salted water into large bowl.
3. (I usually put them into a large plactic bag) refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.
4. Remove hens, Rinse thoroughly, pat dry, prick the skin allover the breast and legs with point of paring knife.
5. Melt the butter in small pan& mix with preserves.
6. Add salt, pepper& basil.
7. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
8. Place hens in shallow pan (I usually line pan with foil for easy clean-up).
9. Rub hens with butter.
10. Spoon butter& preserve mixture over hens.
11. Bake 35 to 45 minutes.

cornish hens, salt, butter, salt, basil, peach preserves, butter

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cornish-game-hens-with-peach-glaze-42900 (may not work)