Cornish Game Hens With Raisin Sauce

Total Time: 7 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (6 ounce) package seasoned stuffing mix (prepare as directed using water & butter)
• 4 cornish hens
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1 (10 ounce) jar currant jelly
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice

Recipe

• 1 stuff hens with prepared stuffing; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 2 place trivet or crumpled piece of heavy-duty foil in slow cooker, to keep hens from sitting in juices.
• 3 if you're using a deep and narrow crockpot, put cornish hens in neck-side down.
• 4 in a 1-quart saucepan combine jelly, raisins, butter, lemon juice and allspice.
• 5 cook over low heat, stirring, until hot and simmering.
• 6 brush some of the sauce on hens in the crockpot.
• 7 keep remaining sauce in refrigerator until serving time.
• 8 cover and cook on low for 5 to 7 hours, basting once about an hour before done. bring remaining sauce to a boil and spoon over hens at serving time.