Instead, Perez-Bradley recommends making use of all those festive ingredients you already have lying around the kitchen to create a wet brine for the turkey in advance. “By using items such as cinnamon sticks, cloves and allspice pan-fried and then boiled in water with fruit and cider, this creates a beautiful aromatic base for your turkey,” he says.
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