3 1/2 c. cooked wild rice
1/2 c. chopped onion
1/4 c. butter
1/2 tsp. salt and pepper
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. cloves
2 tbsp. parsley
1/2 c. chopped celery
1 c. dried apricots
4 cornish hens

Cook onion in butter, add seasonings. Fold in celery, rice and apricots. Salt and pepper hen cavity, stuff hen and seal with toothpick. Cook hens 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees basting every 1/2 hour with sauce.

SAUCE:

3 tbsp. flour
4 tbsp. butter

Melt butter and stir in flour. Add remaining ingredients.

Salt and pepper
1 c. orange juice
1/2 c. orange marmalade
1/3 c. Grand Marnier or Amaretto