Bloody Mary Bar
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Bloody Mary Bar with Garnishes
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 

Bloody Marys make it acceptable to drink before noon. Why? I don't know, but they have the nutrition of a meal and the kick of a cocktail.

Course: Drinks
Servings: 8 drinks
Author: On The Go Bites
Ingredients
Pitcher
  • 8 cups V8 or regular tomato juice
  • 3 cups vodka
  • 3 Tablespoons prepared horseradish
  • 6 medium limes, juiced
  • 2 Tablespoons hot sauce like Frank's
  • 3 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon celery salt, optional
  • 1 Tablespoon kosher salt for glass rims
Individual Bloody Mary
  • 4 ounces V8 or regular tomato juice
  • 1 1/2 ounces vodka
  • 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
  • 1 medium lime, juiced
  • 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce we used Frank's, add to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch celery salt
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt for glass rims
Garnishes, use any or all of them
  • 8 stalks celery with leaves on
  • 8 whole pickled okra or pickled green beans, dill pickles jalapenos or pepperoncini
  • 16 whole green olives stuffed with pimento, blue cheese or garlic
  • 8 medium cooked shrimp with Old Bay
  • 8 slices crisp, cooked bacon
Salt For Rims of Glasses
  • 1 Tablespoon kosher salt
  • 3 medium limes cut in wedges
Instructions
For Pitcher and Bloody Mary Bar

  1. Set out chilled glasses with a bowl full of ice. Cocktail napkins are always an added benefit.

  2. Make two or three pitchers. One virgin Mary (without vokda), one spicy and one mild pitcher. Mix all ingredients together and stir well. Leave a long stirrer in the pitcher so that your guests can mix the pitcher each time they pour a drink.

  3. Set out all the garnishes in various serving dishes along with tall toothpicks to hold them.

  4. Put salt (or flavored salt) in a shallow bowl or saucer with a bowl of cut limes and lemons.  For
    guests who like a salty rim, they run the citrus around the edge of the glass, then dip the glass in the salt mixture.  The salt will adhere to the lime juice

For Individual Bloody Mary

  1. Mix all ingredients in a glass then add ice. Top with desired garnishes.

Recipe Notes

Make sure when buying the horseradish that you buy Prepared in the refrigerated section and NOT the Sauce that you find on the shelf with other condiments.

If using the celery salt, don’t add any additional salt to the Bloody Mary other than the rim.  There is a difference between celery seed and celery salt.

Want a two ingredient Bloody Mary?  Buy spicy V8 and just add vodka.

Want a seashore (or Canadian) variety called a Bloody Caesar?  Use Clamato juice instead of plain tomato juice and for the salted rim use an equal mix of kosher salt and Old Bay Seasoning.

See post for various seasoned salt to use for the glass rims and other variation and ideas for Bloody Marys