Virgin Mary
The spicy, savoury classic without the vodka: tomato, lemon and a good kick of pepper and Tabasco.
Ingredients
- Tomato juice, well chilled120 ml
- Lemon juice, freshly squeezed15 ml
- Worcestershire sauce2 dashes
- Tabasco, to taste3 drops
- Celery salt1 pinch
- Salt (optional)1 pinch
- Celery, to garnish (optional)1 stick
Method
- Put all the ingredients except the garnish into a tall glass filled with ice.
- Roll the drink back and forth between two glasses a few times: it mixes without whipping froth into the tomato juice.
- Adjust with more Tabasco, lemon and salt, and garnish with a stick of celery.
About this drink
A Bloody Mary without the vodka, and honestly it loses very little. All the flavour is in the seasoning: Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, celery salt and a generous squeeze of lemon. Season it as if it were a soup, because that is essentially what it is.
