Hawaiianstylebrine Recipes

HAWAIIAN BRIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Remove rind from the top of the Brie and place it in a small casserole dish.
• In a small saucepan, combine the pineapple, peanuts and brown sugar and cook until bubbly, stirring constantly.
• Once pineapple mixture is thoroughly heated, spoon the mixture over the brie and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes and cheese is softened.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle the top with coconut; then return it to the oven until the coconut is slightly toasted.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool for a couple of minutes before serving.

HAWAIIAN-STYLE BRINE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients.
• Place turkey in large dish or containter and pour brine over.
• Cover and allow to brine for 24-48 hours.
• For a good size chicken, half the recipe and half the brining time.

BASIC ALL PURPOSE BRINE FOR MEATS, CHICKEN, AND TURKEY

Steps:

• Makes 1 quart- make up additional amounts of brine if needed until meat is submerged.
• Stir ingredients together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Continue stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• Allow to cool.
• Place meat or poultry in a food safe plastic bag inside another container for support and leakage control (oven roasting bags are a fine choice- NOT garbage bags).
• Pour cooled brine into bag, and squeeze out as much air as possible and seal with a twistie tie.
• Refrigerate for 3-4 hours for 3 pounds meat (such as pork ribs), 5-6 hours for a nice roasting hen, or 12-24 hours for a turkey, 12 hours being for a small one and the longer time for those turkeys around 20+ pounds.
• Discard brine before using and pat meat dry.
• If using poultry, you may want to add citrus fruit such as oranges or lemons, additional fresh herbs, or cloves of garlic into the cavity.
• Prepare meat as desired- roast, bbq, etc.