Citrus-Scented Brined Turkey

Name: Citrus-Scented Brined Turkey
Prep time: 4 h 30 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 liters unsweetened apple juice; 4 bay leaves; 177 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 Tbsp canola oil; 3 Tbsps minced fresh gingerroot; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 11 garlic cloves, peeled; 237 milliliters kosher salt; 1 medium lemon, cut into wedges; 1 medium onion, cut into wedges; 1 medium orange, cut into wedges; 79 milliliters soy sauce; 5 kgs turkey; 1 liters cold water

Citrus-Scented Brined Turkey is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours and 30 minutes. A mixture of thyme, onion, lemon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the fresh gingerroot you could follow this main course with the Gingerbread With Fruited Compote as a dessert.

Instructions

Mince five garlic cloves; halve the remaining garlic cloves and set aside. In a large saucepan, combine the apple juice, salt, brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, bay leaves and minced garlic. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until salt and sugar are dissolved.

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Minced Garlic

Apple Juice

Brown Sugar

Bay Leaves

Soy Sauce

Ginger

Ground Meat

Sugar

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat.

Add cold water to cool the brine to room temperature.

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Brine

Water

Remove giblets from turkey and discard.

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Whole Turkey

Place a turkey-size oven roasting bag inside a second roasting bag; add turkey. Carefully pour cooled brine into bag. Squeeze out as much air as possible; seal bags and turn to coat.

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Whole Turkey

Brine

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Oven