Turkeys For 2013

[chickadoodles]

I don't remember the exact amounts. I want to say in a huge pan filled it 2/3 water 1/3 juice roughly 1cup of salt leaving enough room to submerge the turkey of course.

Then before cooking I quartered up 5 apples and tossed them with a few hunks of butter and sprinkled with spices, I don't remember what I used most likely it was Rosemary its my fav spice. The apple mixture was then stuffed in the turkey.

Thanks Chicken! Sounds good.

 

[TexasLisa]

Lisa would you mind sharing your apple brine recipe? I would love to try it.

How can I say no to the avatar that makes me laugh every time I see it!!!

APPLE BRINE

2 qts. water
2 qts CHEAP apple juice
1 c table salt OR 1 1/2 c kosher salt
1/2 c brown sugar
10 whole cloves
1 T black peppercorns
zest of orange

In large pot combine salt, sugar, and 1 qt. water. Bring to light boil, stirring until salt and sugar are dissolved. Remove from heat, add cloves, peppercorn and zest. Allow to cool. Add remaining water and apple juice. Refrigerate until completely chilled.

Place poultry in container. Pour brine inside cavity first then on top. Cover completely. (If there isn't enough brine, add more apple juice) Brine 1 hour per pound in refrigerator. (This last time I doubled the recipe because of the size of the bird). While brining, swish the bird around in the brine.

Thoroughly rinse all brine off before cooking or it will be salty.

When baking, I add onion, apple, and garlic to the cavity.

 

[chicken pickin]

How can I say no to the avatar that makes me laugh every time I see it!!!

APPLE BRINE

2 qts. water
2 qts CHEAP apple juice
1 c table salt OR 1 1/2 c kosher salt
1/2 c brown sugar
10 whole cloves
1 T black peppercorns
zest of orange

In large pot combine salt, sugar, and 1 qt. water. Bring to light boil, stirring until salt and sugar are dissolved. Remove from heat, add cloves, peppercorn and zest. Allow to cool. Add remaining water and apple juice. Refrigerate until completely chilled.

Place poultry in container. Pour brine inside cavity first then on top. Cover completely. (If there isn't enough brine, add more apple juice) Brine 1 hour per pound in refrigerator. (This last time I doubled the recipe because of the size of the bird). While brining, swish the bird around in the brine.

Thoroughly rinse all brine off before cooking or it will be salty.

When baking, I add onion, apple, and garlic to the cavity.

This sounds delicious also. You added many more spices than I did. Good recipe!

 

[TexasLisa]

This sounds delicious also. You added many more spices than I did. Good recipe!

Thanks, I found this on the internet and then tweaked it to my liking.

Lisa

 

[chickadoodles]

How can I say no to the avatar that makes me laugh every time I see it!!!

APPLE BRINE

2 qts. water
2 qts CHEAP apple juice
1 c table salt OR 1 1/2 c kosher salt
1/2 c brown sugar
10 whole cloves
1 T black peppercorns
zest of orange

In large pot combine salt, sugar, and 1 qt. water. Bring to light boil, stirring until salt and sugar are dissolved. Remove from heat, add cloves, peppercorn and zest. Allow to cool. Add remaining water and apple juice. Refrigerate until completely chilled.

Place poultry in container. Pour brine inside cavity first then on top. Cover completely. (If there isn't enough brine, add more apple juice) Brine 1 hour per pound in refrigerator. (This last time I doubled the recipe because of the size of the bird). While brining, swish the bird around in the brine.

Thoroughly rinse all brine off before cooking or it will be salty.

When baking, I add onion, apple, and garlic to the cavity.

Thank you so much Lisa! I can hardly wait to try it! Sounds so good

 

[chicken pickin]

Oh wow! Sounds delicious. Breeding too, right?

It was pretty yummy. Im going to try it again this year with a few added spices I think, Lisas looks good.

When you ask Breeding too? Are you asking if I breed my turkeys? If so, Yes I do breed them.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

[COLOR=0000FF]Oh wow! Sounds delicious. Breeding too, right?[/COLOR]

It was pretty yummy. Im going to try it again this year with a few added spices I think, Lisas looks good.

When you ask Breeding too? Are you asking if I breed my turkeys? If so, Yes I do breed them.

Haha! Arrrgh! Auto correct strikes again. It should have read, 'breading too'? Apples n spices? Or apples, spices and breading?

 

[chicken pickin]

Haha! Arrrgh! Auto correct strikes again. It should have read, 'breading too'? Apples n spices? Or apples, spices and breading?

lol got it. No I didn't use breading just apples butter and spices.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Has anyone ever made turkey soup?

 

[desertmarcy]

Has anyone ever made turkey soup?

In my opinion, homemade soups are one of the easiest and most delicious thing you can make, especially great for winter. We like our soups thick with lots of ingredients. The store bought canned soups are too much broth and not enough good stuff and tend to be too salty. Make your own and you can control what goes in them. The nice thing about soups is you don't really need a recipe!
Especially for turkey or chicken vegetable soup. Just keep adding what you want and season until it tastes right to you. Add noodles at the end so they don't get too soggy. Add barley at the beginning since it needs about 2 hours of simmer to tenderize. Carrots, onions, celery, leeks, peas just some of the goodies I like to add. Season with sage, salt, pepper, rosemary...many more options depending on your likes.

Years ago after I had moved across country and started cooking more on my own, I cooked my first turkey and pressure cooked the bones for broth and called my Dad asking for advice on how to make turkey soup. He was big into making homemade soups. So he gave me ideas on what to put in it but didn't mention the meat. He called back in 5 minutes and said "do remember to put some chopped turkey meat in". That was funny.