Garden Hoe: Backyard Bloody Mary

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Ingredients (Yields 4 Servings)

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• 4-5 large ripe heirloom tomatoes 

• 1/3 cup lime juice

• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

• 1 tablespoon Horseradish

• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt

• 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

• 2-4 teaspoons hot sauce of your choice (tabasco recommended)

• Ice

• Vodka

• Celery sticks

• (You guessed it) Tomato leaf for garnish!

 

Instructions

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1. Combine the tomatoes, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, salt, pepper, and celery salt in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Pour into a pitcher and stir in Tabasco to taste. (Bloody marys can be prepared to this point up as a mocktail)

2. To serve, fill glasses with ice. Add one shot of vodka to each glass and top with bloody mary mixture. Garnish with celery sticks, Tomato leaf. and lime wedges.