Spiced festive brine for turkey or pork
- Other
- Makes 3 litres of brine
- 15 minutes
This brine recipe is perfect for meat being served at Christmas – the combination of cinnamon, clove and orange infuse pork and turkey with incredible flavours, seasoning it to perfection in the process. Take a look at our brining guide for instructions on how to use this correctly.
The warming flavours of cinnamon, cloves and orange combine to create an unmistakably festive combination, making them the ideal ingredients for a brine used on a Thanksgiving turkey or homemade Christmas ham. This recipe makes 3 litres of brine – as the meat needs to be totally submerged in the solution, make sure this will be enough to cover your meat beforehand, and scale up (or down) as required.
Ingredients
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- 3l water
- 300g of salt
- 100ml of maple syrup, or honey
- 100ml of whisky
- 1 orange, zested
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp allspice berries
- 3 sprigs of thyme
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 garlic cloves, bashed
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