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Recipetin Eats’ Glazed Christmas Turkey Breast With Jb’s Secret Brine The Sydney Morning Herald Logo Good Food Logo Good Food Logo Good Food Logo The Sydney Morning Herald Logo

Ingredients

• 1 turkey breast (about 2.5kg), skin-on, wing bone in, back bone off
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• JB'S SECRET TURKEY BRINE
• 3 litres cold tap water
• 225g (¾ cup) cooking salt, NOT table salt
• 200g (1 cup tightly packed) brown sugar
• 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, smashed
• 10 sprigs fresh parsley
• 5 fresh bay leaves (or 3 dried)
• 5 sprigs fresh thyme (or 3 tsp dried)
• 3 sprigs fresh rosemary (or 2 tsp dried)
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns
• 1 tbsp cardamom seeds
• 1 tbsp allspices
• 14 whole cloves
• 2 oranges, cut in half, juice squeezed into the brine and squeezed orange added too
• CHRISTMAS GLAZE
• 2½ cups orange juice (fresh, no added sugar) + ½ cup at the end to adjust the sauce (about 7-8 oranges)
• 320g (1⅓ cup) maple syrup (or honey)
• 320ml (1⅓ cup) apple cider vinegar (or white wine vinegar)
• 200g (1 cup tightly packed) brown sugar
• 140g (½ cup) Dijon mustard
• 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 4 tsp ground allspice (or mixed spice)
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp cooking salt
• 2 tsp cracked black pepper
• 4 tbsp (60g) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes
• SPICE RUB
• 2 tsp cooking salt
• 1½ tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ½ tsp ground fennel
• ¼ tsp ground cardamom
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• TO GARNISH (OPTIONAL)
• extra orange wedges or peel
• cinnamon sticks
• fresh thyme sprigs

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