Bourbon-Basted Cornish Hens - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 whole or halved Cornish hens
3/4 c. chopped onion
1 3/4 c. melted butter
2 boxes Uncle Ben's wild rice mix
2/3 c. toasted almond slivers
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. bourbon
8 Tbsp. red currant jelly
1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation

Saute onions in 4 tablespoons butter.
Cook rice.
Combine onions and rice; add almonds and thyme.
Stuff hens and place in a buttered shallow baking dish.
(Or using halves, place cut side down in buttered dish and when done, place a scoop of stuffing on plate and a hen half over it.)
Baste hens with a mixture of 1/2 cup melted butter, salt, pepper and bourbon.
Roast 30 minutes at 425\u00b0, basting three times.
Reduce oven to 350\u00b0.
Roast 30 minutes, basting 2 times more.
Turn hens, breast side down and roast 15 minutes.
Turn hens, breast side up.
Baste with melted currant jelly.
Roast 30 minutes.