Cornish Game Hens With Fruit Chutney

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Every now and again I like to get on Pinterest and take a look at what what pins of mine are grabbing people's attention. A lot of my travel pins circulate year round, but then there are seasonal ones that start gaining popularity before the holidays hit. One of my most popular pins to date would be the Golden Blossom Honey Glazed Cornish Game Hens that I posted about in 2017, and I find it fascinating that 7 years later, it still gains even more steam as Thanksgiving approaches. Since the pandemic, I've seen a shift to smaller family gatherings and I don't know if it's because something fundamentally changed in our social behaviors since then, or because the cost of groceries has skyrocketed in recent years, hosting large dinners simply isn't in the budget anymore for most families, or because most of us are just burnt out, but I think more and more people are scaling back and opting for smaller holiday gatherings. And I think that's why smaller main dishes, like Cornish game hens over a big turkey, gain traction every year around Thanksgiving. So I thought I'd offer up a new recipe this year for those who may have already tried the first one from 2017. Golden Blossom Honey has several tempting Cornish game hen recipes on their site, but the Cornish Game Hens with Fruit Chutney spoke to me this year. 

These little hens are super easy to prepare and are perfect for a small holiday gathering. For me, the hardest part was separating the skin from the meat to spread the mixture, so I ended up using a meat injector to get the mixture under the skin which made the prep work that much quicker. The end result was a tender and juicy bird that is probably much better than turkey, which usually comes out of the oven dry no matter how hard you try to keep it moist. 

Ingredients

2 Cornish game hens

1/3 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY

1/4 cup lime juice

1 1/2 tablespoons dried rosemary

1 apple, coarsely chopped

1 pear, coarsely chopped

2 kiwi fruits, peeled and coarsely chopped

1/2 cup cranberries

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While meat usually is the star of any Thanksgiving meal, can we just talk about the fruit chutney for a second? The chutney was what sold me on picking this recipe over the others this week because I love a good fruit dish. I ended up buying double the fruit the recipe called for so I could make a heaping dish of the chutney for myself. I just drizzled a few tablespoons of honey over the fruit, then baked for the allotted time the recipe called for. The end result was sweet, sweet perfection! So I wanted to point out to the non meat eaters to not overlook some of Golden Blossom Honey's meat dishes because sometimes you'll find a part of the recipe that you can make your own like this fruit chutney here. 

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If you like this recipe, be sure to come back every Friday, where I feature a new recipe from Golden Blossom Honey, and be sure to Pin It on Pinterest! 

   

Have you noticed a shift towards smaller family gatherings over the last few years?