Apple-brined Smoked Turkey Legs Recipe :: The Meatwave

Ingredients

• For the Brine
• 1 quart apple juice
• 1/2 pound brown sugar (light or dark)
• 1/2 cup Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt
• 1.5 quarts cold water
• 2 oranges, quartered
• 2 ounces fresh ginger, unpeeled and thinly sliced
• 8 whole cloves
• 3 bay leaves
• 3 large garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 6 Turkey Legs
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 2-3 chunks of light smoking wood, like apple or cherry