Roasted Cornish Hens with Apple, Date, and Almond Stuffing - Delicious Living

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4-6 (about 2 pounds) Fuji apples, chopped
• 10 Medjool dates, pits removed, chopped
• 1 lemon, zest and juice
• 1 orange, zest and juice
• 1/2 cup unsalted roasted almonds, chopped
• Salt and pepper (to taste)
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 stalks celery, roughly chopped
• 4 Cornish hens (1 1/4 pounds each)
• Olive oil, for brushing