| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats |
Italian |
New, Text, Import |
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 |
|
Guinea hen, 3 to 3 1/2 pounds |
| 1 |
|
Sprig thyme |
| 1/2 |
|
Lemon |
| 2 |
tb |
Olive oil, plus 4 T |
| 1 |
md |
Red onion, finely chopped |
| 2 |
|
Cloves garlic, thinly sliced |
| 1 |
|
Link Iitalian Lugania Sausage,Crumbled, And Skinned |
| 4 |
|
Sage leaves |
| 4 |
oz |
Chicken livers, plus liver and giblets from guinea hen |
|
|
Zest of 1 orange plus juice |
| 2 |
tb |
Red wine vinegar |
| 2 |
tb |
Sugar |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Cinnamon |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Hot chili flakes |
| 2 |
tb |
Freshly ground black pepper |
| 2 |
bn |
Italian parsley, finely chopped |
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Rinse hen and pat dry. Remove liver and giblets and set aside. Place sprig
of thyme and 1/2 lemon in cavity of bird, rub bird with 2 tablespoons olive
oil, season inside and out with salt and pepper and place on roasting rack
in roasting pan in oven. Cook for 50 minutes or until juices run clear from
knife cut at thigh joint.
To prepare sauce, heat 4 tablespoons olive oil in a 12 to 14 inch saute pan
over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and sausage and cook until soft but not
brown. Add 2 tablespoons water, if it starts to brown. Add sage, guinea hen
giblets and liver and chicken liver and continue cooking slowly for 8 to 10
minutes, or until everything is soft and gray. Add orange zest and juice,
vinegar, sugar, cinnamon, chili flakes and black pepper and simmer five
more minutes, mashing with a potato masher to form a fine paste. Remove
guinea hen when cooked, let rest 5 minutes, carve and bring to table. Place
peverada in a bowl and serve on the side.
Yield: 4 servings
Recipe by: Molto Mario MB1D18 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #611 by Sue
<suechef@sover.net> on May 13, 1997
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