Steve's Apple Brine for Turkey recipe

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Ingredients

¼ cup dried rosemary
¼ cup ground thyme
2 tablespoons rubbed sage
4 bay leaves
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 gallon boiling water
1 pound kosher salt
1 gallon cold apple juice

Nutrition Info

1964.3 calories
carbohydrate: 484.3 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 8.2 g
fiber: 18.2 g
protein: 5.3 g
saturatedFat: 2.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 181849.4 mg
sugar: 430.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place rosemary, thyme, sage, bay leaves, and black pepper into a cloth spice bag.

  2. Combine water and salt in a stock pot, stir until salt dissolves. Bring to a boil, place spice bag into water, and simmer until flavors combine, about 20 minutes. Cool to room temperature, at least 1 hour.

  3. Pour cold apple juice into cold spice mixture and stir until combined.

Recipe Yield

2 gallons brine

Recipe Note

An apple brine not only adds flavor to the meat, it adds moisture through osmosis. This moisture will prevent the meat from drying out while slow-roasting for many hours.

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