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Mark Peel s Brine
Ingredients:
2/3 cup salt
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup black pepper -- cracked
1 pinch dried thyme
13 cloves
13 allspice -- cracked
3 bay leaves
13 juniper berries -- crushed
1 gallon water
Instructions:
Combine salt, sugar, pepper, thyme, cloves, allspice, bay leaves and
juniper berries in saucepan. Add 1 quart water and bring to boil.
Simmer 5 minutes, then add to 1 gallon cold water. Chill thoroughly
before using brine. This recipe, inspired by one of Jeremiah Towers',
is enough for a 12- to 14-pound turkey. The spicing is very faint,
mostly you taste the salt and a bit of the sugar. It's a bit like
a very elegant version of commercial smoked turkey, only without the
smoke. Peel also uses this recipe for roast pork and smoked fish.
For a pork loin, cut all of the amounts by half; for fish or chops,
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