Smoked Bloody Mary with Smoked Bacon

• Meat

  • 1 Bacon, smoked

• Produce

  • 1 Celery
  • 1 Lemon, juice of whole
  • 1 Lemon, wedges
  • 1 Pickled asparagus
  • 5 Roma tomatoes

• Condiments

  • 2 tsp Horseradish
  • 5 tsp Hot sauce
  • 3 tsp Worcestershire sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 Salt & pepper

• Drinks

  • 3 cups Tomato juice

• Frozen

  • 1 Ice, Smoked

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1 Vodka

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Description

Ingredients

• 5-6 Roma tomatoes, quartered
• 3 cups tomato juice
• 3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons horseradish
• 5 teaspoons hot sauce (we used a combination of Frank’s Red Hot and Valentina)
• The juice of 1 whole lemon
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Vodka (1-2 oz per cocktail)
• Smoked Ice (recipe below)*
• Smoked bacon (recipe below)*
• Pickled asparagus
• Celery
• Lemon wedges

Directions

• Cut tomatoes in quarters and remove stems. Place a drying rack on a baking sheet and put the tomatoes on the drying rack. Season with salt, pepper, and your favorite vegetable spice (think Old Bay Seasoning). Smoke the tomatoes at 275 degrees, with the lid closed. At the same time, layout slices of cured (but not smoked) bacon in the smoker for one hour to get crisp. (Use as much bacon as needed for cocktails). You want the bacon to be pretty crispy so they stand up and remain crispy when used as a garnish in the cocktail.
• After approximately one hour, remove bacon and tomatoes. Remove skin from tomatoes and then let cool.
• Transfer tomatoes to food processor and pulse until pureed and juiced.
• Add tomato juice, Worcestershire, horseradish, hot sauce, lemon juice, and additional seasonings. Stir or pulse again to combine. Adjust ingredients to your taste and preferences, and add any more ingredients as desired.
• Rim a pint sized glass with lemon juice, then dip it upside down in the seasoning mixture. (For an extra flare consider mixing smoked salt with seasoning for the glass rim. We get excellent smoked salt from The Meadow in Portland.)
• Add a combination of the smoked ice and regular ice cubes, then vodka, and top with the Bloody Mary mixture. Stir gently. Add garnishes. Instagram your creation. Tell all your friends how ridiculously delicious this cocktail is.

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