Friday, July 25, 2014

The Best Seasoning For Bloody Mary

By Miranda Sweeney


One of the most popular cocktails ever, a Bloody Mary, contains vodka and tomato juice as basic components. Many other spices and flavorings are often added, for example Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, Tabasco, olives, salt, lemon juice and celery stalk. Different bartenders make their own mixtures using all kinds of seasoning for Bloody Mary, creating their own recipes.

This popular cocktail is usually made using three parts of vodka, six parts of tomato juice and one part of lemon juice. The glass should be dashed with Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, salt and pepper, and filled with ice cubes. The mixture should be poured over ice, stirred gently and served with celery stalk. It is often garnished with a piece of lemon wedge as well.

Because so many people believe that it will cure their hangover, this cocktail is very popular. It does contain water, electrolytes and anti-oxidants, and could help you with this problem, but alcohol is not so effective in curing hangovers. It is not really clear how and when it was invented, but the story tells that it was originally made with equal parts of vodka and tomato juice. Other components were added later on.

You will also find that in some areas it is quite normal to add a little bit of beef consomme in there, but it isn't widely popular as some other additions. For example, some people prefer adding cayenne pepper instead of black one. Olives and salt are often added, as well as celery salt and piri piri sauce. Most people still prefer restaurant style Bloody Mary.

It sounds easy, but you do need to have all these spices at home, and to add just the right amount of each, to achieve this special taste. Prefabricated seasoning mixtures and special mixtures of salts are something that will make your life easier. They will make sure you will achieve that special restaurant taste, and you just cannot make a mistake using them.

One of the most popular prefabricated mixtures is the classic one. It contains Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, pepper, garlic and horseradish. Season your tomato juice and vodka drink with this mixture, pour it over several ice cubes and add a celery stalk. You can add as much as you want, if you would like to achieve more intensive aroma and taste. There are some other mixture available, if you prefer more exotic tastes.

Rimming salts are made with red and black pepper, alder smoked sea salt, celery salt and some other components. Some mixtures contain hickory-smoked, vegetarian friendly bacon salt. These special mixtures will add something unusual and particularly tasty to your drinks, but you can also improve the taste of your food if you sprinkle some on it.

These nicely balanced flavors are really easy to use, and you can add exactly enough to suit your taste. Available in smaller and larger packages, they can be safely stored in your refrigerator, always ready to help you prepare your favorite drink. You just have to add your favorite tomato juice and one good quality vodka brand. So, prepare large glasses and some ice cubes, and enjoy.




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