Spoon-Fed Bloody Mary with Grilled Lemon Skewers
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 8 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 8 servings
- Calories
- 259
- Total Fat
- 1
- Saturated Fat
- 0
- Carbohydrates
- 12
- Dietary Fiber
- 4
- Sugar
- 7
- Protein
- 3
- Cholesterol
- 0
- Sodium
- 386
- Total: 40 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Cook: 10 min
Ingredients
To serve:
8 lemon wedges
For the Bloody Mary:
4 pounds ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into 3/4-inch pieces, chilled
1 to 2 jalapeno chiles, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon hot sauce
1 cup celery, preferably inner stalks, diced small
1 cup fennel, diced small (can use cucumber instead)
1 cup ripe tomato, diced small
1 teaspoon salt
Ground black pepper
1 bottle vodka or gin, preferably kept in the freezer
Directions
- 8 large toothpicks or small skewers
- 4 celery stalks, cut in 1/2
For the Bloody Mary:
- On a prepared grill or grill pan, grill the lemon wedges until lightly browned. Skewer the lemons onto toothpicks or skewers and set aside.
- In a blender or food processor, puree together the tomatoes, jalapenos, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. You should have about 3 1/2 cups.
- Pour the tomato mixture into a large pitcher and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Season the celery and fennel or cucumber and tomato with salt and and pepper, to taste, and toss to combine. Place a bit of the veggie mixture into each of 8 martini glasses.
- Pour 1-ounce of chilled vodka over the vegetable mixture. Top with the spiced tomato mixture and garnish with a grilled lemon wedge and half of a celery stalk. Serve with a teaspoon.
Cook’s Note
Cook's Notes: If you don't have a juicer or you're short of time, you can ask your natural-foods grocer to juice up this combo for you. It will also save you clean-up time. Entertaining Notes: You can juice the ingredients 1 day in advance of serving. Cover tightly and refrigerate until serving.