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Recipe Details
Ingredients (yields 6 drinks servings)
- 3 large stalks celery from the heart, including leaves, plus extra for serving
- 36 ounces tomato juice (recommended: Sacramento)
- 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
- 1 teaspoon grated yellow onion
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 12 dashes hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco), or to taste
- 1 1/2 cups vodka
Cooking Instructions
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Robin_Horrigan
June 27th, 2010
Some Like it Hot
My parents have been known to frequent certain establishments based solely on the bartender's ability to whip up a Bloody Mary with just the right amount of heat and spice. When they make them at home, Dad prides himself on only being able to get six cocktails out of a bottle of tabasco sauce - that's hot! Add a couple of green olives, a nice, tall celery stock and a jumbo shrimp cocktail or two hanging over the side of his glass and it's practically a light lunch. My mother-in-law also likes this drink, and sometimes treats herself to a Virgin Mary (all the goodies except the vodka) in the afternoon for an extra serving of vegetables, and, well, just because she likes it.
Here is an excellent basic recipe for a Bloody Mary from Ina Garten, but there are endless variations to this drink. Some folks are fond of mixers with spices already included - just add vodka and enjoy. Mixers range from smoky to gingery sweet. Tomato juice purists war against V8 fans in their claim of "the perfect bloody." The recent craze I have noticed on restaurant cocktail menus is the use of Clamato, which is tomato juice infused with clam juice. You can swap lime and lemon to find your perfect combination, or try Absolut Peppar vodka for a really spicy drink.
Like many other famed drinks and dishes, no one really knows the exact origin of the name of the Bloody Mary. Some say it was named after an establishment called the Bucket of Blood in Chicago in the 20's. Others say it was named for a character in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific. Still others insist it was named after Bloody Mary Tudor, and English queen in the 1500's notorious for her merciless prosecution of Protestants in England. And dozens of other theories persist. But no matter where the Bloody Mary got its' name, it's a delightful drink to serve at brunch or any time you feel like it.