Cooking with Glass (Ben Glass, that is!)

Game Hen with a Boundary Bay beer Demi Glaze

recipe by Ben Glass

Watch the instructional video below!  We’ve also got the recipe written out down below for those who aren’t, necessarily, visual learners!

This recipe serves 2 people (or 1 hungry)

1 game hen

for marinade:

2 cups Boundary Bay Blonde ale

1 cup chopped shallots

2 tbsp. olive oil

4 sprigs fresh rosemary (or 2 tbsp. dry)

1 t. each of salt and pepper

Cut spine out of game hen and cut breast plate open to get two halves of the bird.  Put both halves in deep bowl with marinade while heating the oven to 400 degrees.  Put in oven on baking sheet for 15 – 20 minutes.

for pan sauce:

deglaze pan with 1 cup Boundary Bay Dry Irish Stout ale, reduce liquid by half.  Add 1 T. demi glaze concentrate and stir until dissolved.  Finish with 1 T butter, salt and pepper to taste.  Drizzle both halves of the game hen with the pan sauce and serve with side of choice and a Boundary Bay IPA.