Description
Upgrade your Bloody Mary with a variety of garden-fresh produce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 medium red-ripe tomatoes, stem and any white core removed
- 2 large basil leaves
- Kosher salt and freshly milled black pepper to taste
- ¼ teaspoon grated horseradish or more to taste
- Pinch or 2 of cayenne pepper, or dash or two of tabasco or other hot pepper sauce
- Chilled vodka
Garnish options:
- Bocconcini mozzarella balls
- Small tomatoes of differing colors
- Basil leaves
- Rosemary sprigs
- Accordion-folded prosciutto slices
- Green olives
- Pepperoncini
- Caper berries
- Lemon wedges
- Lemon zest
- Lime wedges
- Lime zest
- Radicchio spears
- Celery stalks
Instructions
- Place the tomatoes in a blender with ¼ cup cold water and blend until smooth, with tiny bits of skin suspended in liquid. Add seasonings to taste and blend again. Add a bit more water if too thick to pour easily, and blend again.
- Pour a good shot of vodka into 2 tall glasses, with ice if you wish, and top off each glass with the tomato juice.
- Garnish with exuberance. Festoon long bamboo skewers or cocktail picks with some combo of the garnish options.