Coffee Turkey Glaze

Coffee Turkey Glaze

Ingredients:

2 gal           water

1 cup          apple cider vinegar

½ cup         Danesi Gold Bean

1                onion, halved

12              thyme sprigs, tied together

¼ cup         kosher salt

1 tbs          black peppercorns

2 cups        light brown sugar

1               whole turkey

3 cups       hickory chips

vegetable oil for brushing

Directions:

1. Bring one gallon of water to a boil in a large pot.

2. In a stockpot large enough to hold the turkey, combine cider vinegar, coffee, onion, thyme, salt and peppercorns with 1 3/4 cups of the brown sugar or syrup (or 3/4 of the brown sugar/syrup mixture) and the remaining gallon of water. Bring to a boil.

3. Hold turkey by legs and ease into the hot brine, neck end down. Add enough of the hot water to the stockpot to cover turkey and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours.

4. Remove turkey from the stockpot. Strain 2 cups of the braising liquid into a heatproof bowl and stir in the remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar or remaining cane syrup (or remaining brown sugar/syrup mixture). Discard the remaining liquid.

5. Meanwhile, light a charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill.

6. Right before the turkey has finished simmering, add 2 cups of the hickory chips to the coals. When the chips start smoking, brush the turkey breast with oil. Set the turkey, breast side down, on the grill.

7. Cover & smoke over a low flame for 15 minutes. Baste turkey with reserved braising liquid – turn it breast side up and baste again. Cover grill and continue smoking for about 40 minutes longer, basting occasionally with braising liquid and adding more coals or hickory chips to grill as necessary.

8. The turkey is done when a thermometer inserted in the inner thigh registers 165°.

9. Place the turkey on a cutting board and let rest 20 minutes before carving.

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