Roast Poussin/Cornish Hen and Sweet Potatoes

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Delicious recipe. Easy preparation. Perfect combination of flavors. Well complimented by a good pino gregio. In response to other reviews I did season the cavity of the birds with montreal seasoning as well as liberal amounts of sea salt and fresh cracked pepper on the skin. I used the cinnamon and cumin on the birds as well as the sweet potatoes, cooking the potatoes on an individual tray as I don't like to co-mingle vegetables with poultry fats. Greens with limes juice rounded out the meal well. A+ from all my tasters~ will put in rotation. Note~ another long time Nigella favorite are her salmon patties with peas. Great when leftover mashed potatoes are on hand.

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This was a very vague recipe. We used 1 lb Poussins from D'Artagnon. The 45 minutes was not nearly enough time (and we are usually rare meat eaters, except, of course, with chickens. There was not nearly enough flavor and what's with not seasoning the fowl in advance? We can see why Nigella doesn't have a date on Saturday night. It's our first recipe from her shows and will probably be our last.

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This was my Thanksgiving dinner and it did not disappoint! I even enjoyed the watercress, which i thought would be unnecessary, but totally was not. Nigella is the best!

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I was surprised out how simply delicious this recipe was. I think some of the other reviewers did not understand the recipe. The cinnamon and cumin were for the potatoes--not the hen.

I sprinkled some montreal chicken seasonings on top, after rubbing in the olive oil, and then baked the chicken according to the recipe.

The skin turned out crispy, and the meat was amazingly moist, tender, and delicious. FYI--English mustard is just a hot mustard. Quite frankly, this recipe is perfect by itself.

I'd definitely make this recipe again.

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I usually love Nigella's recipes, but I was very disappointed by this recipe. I was so looking forward to something special after reading all the reviews, but I found this recipe to not have much taste. The potatoes were great, but the hens needed a lot more than cumin, cinnamon, and a little oil. Even after sprinkling some lime juice on the birds and adding some salt it still did not have much taste. I am really wondering who is reviewing recipes?

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I prepared the hens last night for a gourmet friend. We both were delighted on how mouth-watering good they turned out (potatoes also, of course.
I have a couple of questions regarding the recipe:
- what did she mean with "I must have English mustard with." SInce I didn't know, I did not use any.
- instead of "wok oil" I used EVOO. It was fine.
- the recipe was not clear as to whether to sprinkle the cumin/cinnamon mixture also on the hens; I did.
The watercress sprinkled with lime juice (I did fresh was exactly the right accompaniment to the meal.
It was easy, fun and delicous.
Thank you Nigella.

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Super easy but I did peel the sweet potatoes.

Natural,Healthy and less expensive then processed over salted food!

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I thought there had to be a catch when I read this recipe and the minimal preparations involved in making it. What a nice surprise! It turned out just like Nigella described. The only thing I did differently was season the cavities of the birds with Montreal Chicken Seasoning. 45 minutes later I had a gourmet meal...What a deal!

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Delicious, VERY simple to prepare. The perfect dinner to make after work when you want a real meal. Its really too good of a dinner to be as easy as it was. The dressing was a delicious surprise, all of the flavors went very well together.

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Delicious, easy and fast. Sweet potatoes are a nice change from the usualy rice pilaf or other potato side dishes. Another great Nigella recipe!