Learn how to make the ultimate bloody mary with our easy recipe. Turn up the Tabasco spice or dial it down to mix this classic vodka cocktail to your taste
Ingredients
- large handful of ice
- 100ml vodka
- 500ml tomato juice
- 1 tbsp lemon juice, plus 2 slices to serve
- few shakes Worcestershire sauce
- few shakes Tabasco (smoked Tabasco is nice)
- pinch celery salt
- pinch black pepper
- 2 celery sticks, to serve
Method
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Place the ice in a large jug. Measure the vodka, tomato juice and lemon juice and pour it straight onto the ice.
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Add 3 shakes of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco (or more if you like it very spicy) and a pinch of celery salt and pepper. Stir until the outside of the jug feels cold, then strain the cocktail into 2 tall glasses.
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Top up with fresh ice, add a celery stick and lemon slice to both glasses and enjoy.