Basil Mary

Basil Mary image

Serve in

a Collins glass...
7 fresh Basil leaves
2 fl oz Pepper-infused Ketel One vodka
4 fl oz Tomato juice
8 drop Hot pepper sauce
½ fl oz Warre's Otima 10yo tawny port
4 dash Worcestershire sauce
½ spoon Horseradish sauce
2 pinch Celery salt
2 grind Black pepper
½ fl oz Freshly squeezed lemon juice
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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

Basil leaf

Comment:

A particularly spicy Mary with a herbal twist.

About:

Discovered in 2004 at Indigo Yard, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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