Cornish Hens with Roasted-Garlic Aoli

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 instant-read thermometer
• 2 heads of garlic
• 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 Cornish hens (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 lb each)
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 cup bottled mayonnaise
• + 4 more ingredients
• • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
  • 2 tablespoons fresh chives
  • 1 small (13- by 9-inch) roasting pan

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 500°F. Trim off and discard about 1/4 inch from top of garlic heads to expose cloves, then put heads on a sheet of foil. Spoon oil over garlic, then wrap up foil tightly to enclose. Roast garlic on oven rack until very soft, about 40 minutes. M...

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