Thinly slice the fennel, discarding the roots and fronds, put in a sterilised jar with the dill and pour in brine to cover.
Fill the brining bag with 1/2 - 1 gallon of cold water to dilute the concentrated brine and cover the ham.
You will need a container large enough to hold the turkey with enough brine to cover it.
For large cuts of meat, such as pork roasts or whole turkeys, start with 1 gallon (3.78 l) of water, season to taste according to your brine-seasoning recipe and then repeat until you have enough brine to cover the meat.
I took an entire pork loin, brined it, covered it with the herb paste and tied it up in a butterflied pork belly.
By the end, the juice and self-made brine should completely cover the layers.
The pressurized packages (HHP samples) were stored at 20°C for 7 days in high precision (0.5°C) incubation chambers (VELP Scientifica, Italy), to allow for recovery of injured cells on the olive fruits and cover brine and thus select the optimum HHP treatment for further storage experiments.
Place the turkey legs in the brining liquid and cover with plastic wrap.
