Roasted Guinea Hen

Name: Roasted Guinea Hen
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley, for garnish; ½ cup Madeira; 1 small onion, halved; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; ½ teaspoon paprika; 4 red new potatoes, cut into 6 pieces each; 16 large cloves garlic; 4 slices bacon; 4 sprigs Italian (flat-leaf) parsley; 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves; 1 orange, halved; 1 guinea hen (2¼ to 2½ pounds), well rinsed and patted dry

Preparation info

4
portions

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

Simply prepared, our guinea hen is infused with the flavors of bacon and Madeira. Potatoes roast alongside garlic cloves and are refreshed by chopped Italian parsley just before serving.

Ingredients

1 guinea hen (2¼ to 2½ pounds), well rinsed and patted dry
1 orange

Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 425°F.
Rinse the hen well, and squeeze one of the orange halves inside and out, to refresh.
Pat the cavity dry, and sprinkle it with some of the thyme and paprika, and salt and pepper. Place the remaining orange half, the