Cornish Hens With Wild Rice Stuffing

• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 2 stalks celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 3/4 cup dried apricots
• 2 cups cooked wild and white rice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice
• 4 Cornish game hens
• 8 slices bacon

1. Heat butter in skillet over medium heat. Add celery and saut3 2 minutes. Remove celery from pan and set aside.
2. Assemble and attach KitchenAid(R) Food Grinder attachment to the KitchenAid(R) Stand Mixer. Using the coarse grinding plate, turn to Speed 4 and grind celery and apricots into a bowl. Add butter from saut3 pan, rice, salt and allspice; mix well.
3. Stuff each hen with mixture. Truss hens and crisscross 2 strips of bacon over each hen. Place on rack in baking pan and bake at 350u0b0F for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Serve immediately.
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butter, stalks celery, apricots, white rice, salt, allspice, cornish game hens, bacon

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/cornish-hens-with-wild-rice-stuffing (may not work)