Name: Apple Brine
Yield: Makes Brine for two 5- to 6- pound Turkey Breasts
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: Honey, ½ cup; Kosher salt, 2 cups; Granulated sugar, ½ cup; Apple juice or sweet apple cider, 3 quarts, chilled; Brown sugar, ½ cup firmly packed

Preparation info

Makes Brine for
two 5- to 6- pound
Turkey Breasts

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thanksgiving

By Lou Seibert Pappas

Published 2011

About

The mixture of apple juice, salt, honey, and sugar used here puts a fruity, flavorful spin on the usual brine combinations. It also complements the sweet condiments on the Thanksgiving table.

Ingredients

Apple juice or sweet apple cider, 3 quarts, chilled
Kosher salt, 2 cups

Americas
United States
Main course
Thanksgiving
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

If using a stockpot: Combine the apple juice, 3 quarts water, the salt, honey, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a nonreactive stockpot about 3 inches taller and wider than the turkey breasts. (A large stoc

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