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    Ultimate Turkey Brine


    Source of Recipe


    Chevy

    List of Ingredients




    Ultimate Turkey Brine


    1 1/2 cups, KOSHER salt
    1 1/4 cups, brown sugar
    10 whole cloves
    3 teaspoons, black peppercorns
    1 1/2 gallons (6 quarts) apple juice or cider
    The peel from one orange or one tangerine (colored part only - not
    white pith)
    Optional: 3 teaspoons, dried thyme and/or 3 teaspoons, dried sage

    Recipe




    Combine all ingredients in a non-reactive pot, bring mixture to a
    boil, lower heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes (partly covered). Allow
    brine to cool completely.

    Rinse turkey under cool running water, inside and out (remove giblets
    from body cavity - but reserve them, if desired, for giblet gravy).

    Pat turkey dry with paper towels, then immerse turkey in cooled
    brine.* Turkey should be COMPLETELY submerged in liquid (place a
    plate on top of the bird if necessary to keep it covered with the
    liquid).

    Cover the pot and refrigerate for at least 8-10 hours, up to 24
    hours.

    Remove turkey, rinse, pat dry, and roast as usual.

    Let the roast sit at room temperature for at least 1/2 an hour prior
    to carving.

    Note: *Be sure that the container for the turkey in brine is non-
    reactive: use enamel, glass, crockery, stainless steel, even a
    plastic bucket - never cast iron or aluminum. The pot should be just
    large enough to contain the turkey (so the brine will be sufficient
    to cover the bird).


 

 

 


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