This one’s for Brooklyn Hilary, who was asking for a really good Bloody Mary recipe.
Basically… take all the stuff in the picture, mix it, and drink it. Hoo-yaw!
For those who would like more detail:
1 shot (1 1/2 oz) decent tequila
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon habanero sauce
Juice of one key lime
6 oz V8 brand vegetable juice
Fill a 12-oz glass halfway with ice cubes. Squeeze lime juice over ice, add tequila and V8. Stir. Serve with one cyan and one magenta straw, plus lime half as garnish.
Notes
I enjoy a good Bloody Mary, but I really like the flavor of the juice, which gets diluted by the vodka, and I don’t really like vodka, which has very little flavor. So I start with V8 (lots more flavor than tomato juice) and replace the vodka with a good tequila. (I kinda like this Cuervo Tradicional, it’s a good compromise: lots of tequila flavor, not so expensive or delicate that it’s a waste of money in a mixed drink.)
I put in about three drops of this Iguana brand hot sauce at first; it was good, but I like it hotter, so I put in three more. It was just starting to get warm, but I left it at that; six drops (call it a quarter-teaspoon) is a pleasant tingle—for me, but then I am an experienced chile-head. You can also get great results with six to ten drops of Tabasco.
The best thing about the V8 is that it has the celery flavor already in it. If I hadn’t found the Flickr Straws I was going to make a cucumber spear, which would be good; it would make it like gaspacho.
And actually… that’s basically what this is like. If you like gazpacho, and you like tequila, and you like hot, tart, zingy food and drink, you gonna LAHK this, Ah gua-ron-TEE.
Salud!
Posted by sfisher71 on 2007-07-18 04:47:09
Tagged: , IFBW , International (TBA) Week , Bloody Mary , tequila , habanero , V8 , key lime
