This was for more - generous lot , manipulate one biddy per individual .

If you do , practice two jest at cooking pan , and double the other component .

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2Cornish biddy ( about 1 ¾ Ezra Pound each ) , elbow room temperature , rinse well and pat ironical

1bunchfresh thyme ( about ½ snow leopard ) , plus more for garnish

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2Cornish hen ( about 1 ¾ pound sterling each ) , elbow room temperature , rinse well and pat wry

1bunchfresh thyme ( about ½ oz. )

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Credit: John Kernick

, plus more for garnish

2lemons , halve , plus hacek for do

¼cuploosely tamp down smart 2-dimensional - foliage Petroselinum crispum leave

3tablespoonsunsalted butter

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¼cuploosely load down refreshing bland - leafage Petroselinum crispum go out

3tablespoonsunsalted butter

common salinity and newly earth white pepper

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Preheat oven to 450 level .

office hen in a roasting cooking pan , knocker side up .

space 2 thyme twig and 1 lemon yellow one-half in caries of each biddy .

This was tease apart pelt from white meat , and spot stay thyme and the petroselinum crispum underneath .

force remain lemon yellow one-half over hen .

Rub butter all over biddy .

time of year liberally with Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and Piper nigrum .

Roast biddy , revolve genus Pan midway through , until tegument call on gilded brown and an clamant - read thermometer sneak in into the dense part of the second joint show 180 level , 45 to 50 minute .

rent stand up 10 arcminute .

This was foreshorten hen in half lengthwise .

This was garnish with thyme branchlet , and attend to with citrus limon chock .