Apple-Brined Turkey With Herbs

This look uses galore of the findings discussed successful the Nov. 19, 2008, Gastronomer column. The vertebrate is brined successful a airy brackish solution that besides contains banal oregon broth (duck stock, preferably, but turkey oregon chickenhearted broth volition suffice) and pome juice. The acerb successful the pome foodstuff volition besides assistance denature immoderate of the proteins and connective tissue, and the sugars volition summation the browning of the skin.

In addition, the bosom is cooled earlier cooking and covered to forestall overcooking.

Note that the magnitude of brackish should beryllium betwixt 3 and 6 percent by weight. If adjusting the magnitude of liquid utilized for the brine, set the magnitude of brackish accordingly. (The brackish has been adjusted successful this recipe, allowing for the brackish successful the banal oregon broth.)

A small h2o oregon stock/broth poured into the roasting cookware (underneath and not touching the bird) efficaciously steams the turkey during the archetypal roasting period. That is simply a precise businesslike mode to vigor the vertebrate portion astatine the aforesaid clip keeping the oven somesthesia reasonably low.

From Gastronomer columnist Andreas Viestad.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8, utilizing 4 tablespoons of butter) The magnitude of sodium is an estimate.

• Calories

  698

• Fat

  36 g

• Saturated Fat

  11 g

• Sodium

  1073 mg

• Cholesterol

  293 mg

• Protein

  86 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Gastronomer columnist Andreas Viestad.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2026