Your fave Bloody Mary recipe

[tomw2000]

Rather late in life, I've taken a fancy to Bloody Marys.

So c'mon recommend me Bloody Mary recipes/blends which you like

Currently I do:

Grey Goose - chilled
Tomato juice (2-3 times the amount as the vodka) - chilled
Juice of 1 lemon
Black pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste
Selery salt to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste
Worcester sauce to taste

All mixed up and poured over ice.

[toasty]

Grey goose in a Bloody Mary?

Seems like drinking a single malt with Coke to me but each to their own.

Recipe looks good though.

[tomw2000]

toasty said:

Grey goose in a Bloody Mary?

Well, I did wonder that. And take your point completely. I really am a newbie when it comes to spirits/cocktails.

(to be fair it's still cheaper than the wine I'd be drinking )

[paolow]

tomw2000 said:

Rather late in life, I've taken a fancy to Bloody Marys.

So c'mon recommend me Bloody Mary recipes/blends which you like

Currently I do:

Grey Goose - chilled
Tomato juice (2-3 times the amount as the vodka) - chilled
Juice of 1 lemon
Black pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste
Selery salt to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste
Worcester sauce to taste

All mixed up and poured over ice.

The juice of a whole lemon?? other than that id go with the recipe - but the Grey Goose seems a bit wasted on it though...

What Id suggest not to do is try to take a short cut - by buying one of those 'big tom' bottles from Waitrose and stick it in your parents freezer to get it ready quicker - then forget about it and spend ages picking bits of glass and frozen tomato out of the frozen veg the next morning....

[tomw2000]

Ok - I take the point. Next time I will purchase less premium voddy

[otolith]

Lime juice is better than lemon juice. Worcester sauce, tabasco (or similar - Frank's Redhot is good), celery salt mandatory. I have some sherry that I steep chillies in - a bit of that is a good addition. Grated horseradish root is interesting.

[Hoover.]

otolith said:

I have some sherry that I steep chillies in

what is required for this ... fresh chillies I presume, left in sherry for how long ?..... sounds interesting ....

[otolith]

Yes, just a large jar, slit the fresh chillies down one side and chuck them in it and fill up with dry sherry. I just leave them in there, but if they start getting too mushy, sieve them out and bottle it. Great ingredient.

[Mobile Chicane]

Try a BM with beetroot juice rather than tomato. Yummy. Though you only ought to have one, since beetroot juice will give you the sts.

[otolith]

And pink wee.

[sherman]

50ml Vodka
10ml Lemon Juice
5ml Worcestershire Sauce
Tabasco (to taste)
Celery salt
fresh cracked black pepper
Tomato juice
A dash of port (LBV) or very dry sherry (tio pepe) or similar in the top once everything else is in the glass

[jogon]

I really don't like a Bloody Mary but if any of you find yourselves in Chicago go to the Plamer House Hilton for one. They have a a large medicine jar behind the bar filled with Vodka and other stuff infusing away which they make it with.

Recipe..

This is one of a kind vodka experience, Belvedere Unfiltered Vodka is barrel aged at the Palmer House in Minnesota Oak Barrels for 8 weeks. The vodka is then infused with an assortment of hot peppers, onions, celery, olives, lemons, limes and peppercorns. Each Bloody Mary is made to order with tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, olives, assorted salts, pepper and seasonings. Tabasco sauce, lemon and lime juice. Garnished with a celery stalk, slice of bacon and skewer with a lime, pepper jack cheese, olives, pepperoncini and salami.

I just tried the infused vodka and it was nice.

[campionissimo]

otolith said:

And pink wee.

i had no idea that happened until a couple of weeks ago.....

[hidetheelephants]

jogon said:

I really don't like a Bloody Mary but if any of you find yourselves in Chicago go to the Plamer House Hilton for one. They have a a large medicine jar behind the bar filled with Vodka and other stuff infusing away which they make it with.

Recipe..

This is one of a kind vodka experience, Belvedere Unfiltered Vodka is barrel aged at the Palmer House in Minnesota Oak Barrels for 8 weeks. The vodka is then infused with an assortment of hot peppers, onions, celery, olives, lemons, limes and peppercorns. Each Bloody Mary is made to order with tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, olives, assorted salts, pepper and seasonings. Tabasco sauce, lemon and lime juice. Garnished with a celery stalk, slice of bacon and skewer with a lime, pepper jack cheese, olives, pepperoncini and salami.

I just tried the infused vodka and it was nice.

Jeez, I know they're nice for breakie when you've a hangover, but mixing breakfast into the drink is a bit jejune.

[KFC]

tomw2000 said:

Ok - I take the point. Next time I will purchase less premium voddy

Have someone make you up a drink like that with Grey Goose, and another one with a vodka at half the price. Try and work out which is which.... I'd be very surprised if you could manage it. Perhaps in a vodka and coke or a vodka orange you could... but i'm guessing with something like a bloody mary you'd have no chance.

[soad]

The perfect Bloody Mary is a hotly debated topic. Try this one for size: the key ingredients are all present and correct; retro celery garnish optional.




Ingredients

2 ice cubes
vodka, double shot
½ lemon, juice only
6 dashes Worcestershire sauce
3 dashes Tabasco sauce
150ml/5fl oz tomato juice
pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation method

Place the ice into a tall glass and add the vodka.
Add the lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce and tomato juice. Stir well.
Adjust the seasoning, to taste, with salt and pepper and serve straightaway.

[The GMan]

Try using Clamato juice too.

[soad]

The GMan said:

Try using Clamato juice too.

I thought you was joking (yet to try this).

Clamato is a drink made of reconstituted tomato juice concentrate flavored with spices and clam broth. Made by Mott's, the name is a portmanteau of "clam" and "tomato".

[TIGA84]

The GMan said:

Try using Clamato juice too.

Thats a Bloody Caesar or I've heard it also called a Bloody Muddle.

ETA - Make it with Gin and you've got a Red Snapper.

Edited by TIGA84 on Saturday 18th April 11:47

[FurtiveFreddy]

I tried a shot of a bartender's own 'secret' BM mix last week and although he wouldn't tell me all the ingredients, it did have some wasabi in there which I thought was an interesting addition.

Might have to find some time during the summer to do some experiments to find the best BM