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Ingredients

• ✓ vegetable flakes
• turkey bag
• turkey
• water
• bay leaf
• peppercorn
• bell pepper
• white sugar
• sea salt
• water
• kitchen twine
• sage
• thyme
• rosemary
• yellow onion
• garlic
• pear
• lemon
• orange
• fuji apple
• pinot grigio wine
• vegetable stock
• chicken stock

Instructions

1. 1 Combine chicken stock, vegetable stock, and with wine in a large pot. Toss in apples, oranges, lemons, pear, garlic, and onion. Tie rosemary, thyme, and sage together with kitchen twine; add to the pot. Stir in 1 cup water, salt, sugar, dried peppers, vegetable flakes, peppercorns, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil; stir to dissolve salt and sugar.
2. 2 Remove brine from heat and let cool to room temperature. Store in the refrigerator.
3. 3 Combine brine with 1 gallon of heavily iced water 1 to 2 days before serving the turkey. Place thawed turkey in an extra-large turkey bag and pour in enough brine to cover completely. Refrigerate.
4. 4 Remove turkey from the brine and rinse inside and out with cold water. Discard brine and start cooking.

By Jeff Montgomery