Roast Cornish Hens and Sweet Potatoes (Nigella Lawson)
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 2 Cornish hens
- 2 tablespoons garlic oil or 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 sweet potato (1 lb.)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- watercress (1-2 bunches)
- kosher salt
- lime juice (a good squirt)
directions
- Preheat the oven to 425°; place the birds in a small baking pan or foil pan; pouring over 1 tablespoon of oil.
- Cut the unpeeled sweet potato into 2 ½ inch cubes and put them into another smallish pan or foil pan.
- Pour over the other tablespoon of oil and sprinkle over the spices, then toss everything together by shaking the pan.
- Cook both the hens and sweet potatoes in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
- Put each Cornish hen on a plate, with a tangle of water cress and the sweet potatoes alonside.
- Sprinkle with kosher salt to taste and spritz with lime juice.
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