Ingredients:
- 1 cup long-grain wild rice
- 1 cube chicken or vegetable bouillon
- 1 cup Trinity Valley Pecan Pieces
- 1/2 cup sliced or chopped mushrooms
- 1/4 cup grated carrots
- 1/4 cup diced green onions
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 4 game hens rinsed
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
- 1 bottle Marsala cooking wine
- 1 cup orange juice
Cook rice according to package directions, but include bouillon in water. When rice is done, pour into large mixing bowl. Stir in Trinity Valley Pecan Pieces, mushrooms, carrots, green onions, and parsley. In small bowl mix together olive oil and salt then rub on game hens. Stuff hens with rice mixture, place in baking dish and pour water into pan. Cover loosely with foil and bake in oven at 375¾. Cook for 30 minutes. Mix together wine and juice then uncover hens and pour over them. Cover loosely and cook for another hour, basting every 10 minutes. When done, hens should be a beautiful golden brown, like our Trinity Valley Pecans. Your dinner guests will go wild for this scrumptious entrée.
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