Apple Spiced Tea Brine

Total Time: 10 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup coarse salt or 1 cup pickling salt
• 1 lb brown sugar
• 4 oolong tea bags
• 2 quarts apple juice
• 1 inch ginger, sliced lenghtwise
• 10 whole allspice
• 10 peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 10 fresh sage leaves
• 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 10 garlic cloves
• 4 quarts cold water

Recipe

• 1 in a very large pot (big enough to hold turkey) bring all the brine ingredients but turkey to boil then lower heat to simmer for 5 minutes.
• 2 remove tea bags.
• 3 cool.
• 4 add washed and towel dried turkey to apple mixture and cover with ice cold water making sure turkey is completely submerged adding more water if needed.
• 5 refrigerate for 10 to 15 hours just so the turkey absorbs the brine.
• 6 remove turkey from brine discard brine and rinse turkey towel dry inside and out.
• 7 proceed with grilling, frying, roasting your turkey just remember brined foods will cook quicker!