Salt-Baked Cornish Game Hens with Shallots and Orange Sauce

Ingredients

• Four 1-lb. Cornish game hens
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 2 cups herbs, such as parsley, thyme, rosemary, and sage, chopped
• 6 lb. (19½ cups) coarse sea salt or coarse kosher salt
• 4 large egg whites
• 20 medium shallots
• 2 medium shallots, peeled and finely chopped
• 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cinnamon stick