Gardenbloodymary Recipes

Steps:

• Cut the celery in large dice, including the leaves, and puree in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Process until finely minced. In a large pitcher, combine the rest of the ingredients except the vodka. With the food processor running, pour 1/4 of the tomato juice mixture into the food processor through the feed tube. Then pour the contents of the food processor into the pitcher with the remaining tomato juice mixture. Add the vodka and chill. Serve in tall glasses over ice with a stick of celery.

Steps:

• Salt the rim of a tall glass. To do so, pour salt onto a small plate, moisten the rim of the glass on a damp towel and press into the salt. Fill the glass with ice cubes.
• In a cocktail mixer full of ice, combine the vodka, vegetable juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Shake vigorously and strain into the glass. Garnish with a stalk of celery and olives stuck onto a toothpick.

Steps:

• Cut an X in the bottom of the tomatoes and stew for 3 to 5 minutes in boiling water or until the skins start to peel away.
• Drain and place in ice water.
• Peel the skins off tomatoes and cut any hard or brown areas away.
• Put the tomatoes in the blender along with cilantro, garlic and salt.
• Blend.
• Pour a shot of vodka into a glass filled with ice.
• The next part is all depending on taste and the ingredients are per glass.
• This is how I like it.
• Add Worcestershire sauce, pickle juice, olive juice, celery salt, salt, pepper, and Tabasco.
• Drop in a pickle spear and stir with a celery stick.

Steps:

• For the Bloody Mary:
• Coat half of the rim of a cider or pint glass with celery salt. Combine all of the remaining ingredients except the garnish in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Roll the ingredients back and forth with another shaker 3 times. Fill the half-rimmed cider glass with ice and strain the cocktail into the glass. Garnish with a cornichon and a lengthwise cucumber slice wrapped around the inside of the glass or rolled into the celery stalk.
• For the Bloody Mary blend:
• In a blender, blend all of the ingredients on low speed until the mixture turns smooth. Seal in a nonreactive container and keep refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, combine the vegetable cocktail, celery seed, pepper, citrus juices, 2 Tbs grated horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce and stir well to combine.
• Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Fill 4 glasses with ice.
• Add 2 oz vodka to each and fill three-quarters full with the vegetable cocktail mix.
• Sprinkle with the remaining horseradish, place 1 celery stalk in each glass, and squeeze a lime wedge over each glass before dropping the wedge into the glass.
• Float a tsp of balsamic vinegar on the top of each drink and serve.