Spoon-Fed Bloody Mary with Grilled Lemon Skewers

Name: Spoon-Fed Bloody Mary with Grilled Lemon Skewers
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters celery, preferably inner stalks, diced small; 4 celery stalks, cut in 1/2; 237 milliliters fennel, diced small (can use cucumber instead); 1 bottle vodka or gin, preferably kept in the freezer; 8 servings Ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp hot sauce; 1 to 2 jalapeno chiles, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 8 lemon wedges; 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters ripe tomato, diced small; 2 kilograms ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into 3/4-inch pieces, chilled; 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Spoon-Fed Bloody Mary with Grilled Lemon Skewers might be a good recipe to expand your beverage recipe box. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 4g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 87 calories. This recipe serves 8. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes. Head to the store and pick up celery, celery stalks, tomato, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

8 large toothpicks or small skewers;

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Toothpicks

Skewers

On a prepared grill or grill pan, grill the lemon wedges until lightly browned. Skewer the lemons onto toothpicks or skewers and set aside.

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Lemon Wedge

Lemon

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Toothpicks

Grill Pan

Skewers

Grill

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.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Salt And Pepper

Hot Sauce

Jalapeno Pepper

Tomato

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Food Processor

Blender

Pour the tomato mixture into a large pitcher and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

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Tomato

Season the celery and fennel or cucumber and tomato with salt and and pepper, to taste, and toss to combine.

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Cucumber

Celery

Fennel

Pepper

Tomato

Salt

Place a bit of the veggie mixture into each of 8 martini glasses.

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Martini

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.

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Celery Rib

Lemon Wedge

Vegetable

Tomato

Vodka

Serve with a teaspoon.

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.

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Juice