How to achieve the best brining experience The Virginian-Pilot, VA - 18 hours ago
Dunk a turkey in a vat of water. Add salt, sugar, maybe maple syrup or apple cider, peppercorns, allspice. It's called brining. Martha Stewart's recipe calls for a bottle of wine. For the Food Network's Alton Brown, only kosher salt and brown sugar will do. Let the bird soak overnight - more or less - in the refrigerator. Take it out on the big day, heat up the oven and roast as you normally would. Many celebrity cooks and food magazine gurus say that's the trick for a moist, flavorful turkey. Is it?p> We asked the real experts - home cooks - to give brining a try. Two readers, Kathy Ortiz of Chesapeake and Will Griffin of Virginia Beach, volunteered, and spent the last week or so defrosting, brining and roasting.