Roast Cornish Hens And Sweet Potatoes (nigella Lawson)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cornish hens
• 2 tablespoons garlic oil or 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 sweet potato (1 lb.)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• watercress (1-2 bunches)
• kosher salt
• lime juice (a good squirt)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 425°; place the birds in a small baking pan or foil pan; pouring over 1 tablespoon of oil.
• 2 cut the unpeeled sweet potato into 2 ½ inch cubes and put them into another smallish pan or foil pan.
• 3 pour over the other tablespoon of oil and sprinkle over the spices, then toss everything together by shaking the pan.
• 4 cook both the hens and sweet potatoes in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
• 5 put each cornish hen on a plate, with a tangle of water cress and the sweet potatoes alonside.
• 6 sprinkle with kosher salt to taste and spritz with lime juice.