Traditional Whole Turkey

Ingredients

• 1 Shady Brook Farms® Fresh Whole Turkey
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt
• pepper
• 1 cup white wine
• 1 quart warm water
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1 small head of garlic, cloves smashed
• 2 quarts vegetable stock
• 1 orange, sliced
• 2 bay leaves
• 5-7 stems of thyme
• 1 tablespoon peppercorns
• 4 cups ice
• 1 fennel bulb, green stocks removed and white bulb roughly chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic, smashed
• 1 leek, white and light green portion roughly chopped
• 1 small apple, cut into large pieces
• 1 small bunch of thyme
• 1 orange, cut into large pieces