Garden Bloody Mary

A proper Bloody Mary starts with fresh tomatoes. This is what the drink was always supposed to be.

10 minServes 2Easy

Beefsteak TomatoCelery

August when tomatoes are at their most flavourful. A garden Bloody Mary is a different category of drink.

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Serves 2

Ingredients

600gvery ripe beefsteak tomatoes, chopped
2 stickscelery, roughly chopped
juice of 1lemon
2 tspWorcestershire sauce
few dasheshot sauce
1/2 tspcelery salt
to servevodka, ice, celery sticks, garden herbs

Method

1Blend tomatoes and celery until smooth. Pass through a fine sieve.
2Stir in lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and celery salt. Taste and adjust.
3Pour over ice with a generous measure of vodka. Garnish with a celery stick and herbs from the garden.
4Or serve as a virgin Bloody Mary — it is genuinely excellent without the alcohol.

Tips

Salt the tomatoes for 30 minutes before blending — it concentrates the flavour significantly.

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