Name: Basil Mary
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 Basil leaves; 60 ml Vodka - Pepper flavoured; 120 ml Tomato juice; 8 Hot pepper sauce (red); 15 ml Tawny port; 4 Worcestershire sauce; 1/2 Horseradish sauce; 2 Celery salt; 2 Black pepper; 15 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Collins glass

Garnish:

Basil leaf

How to make:

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

7 fresh	Basil leaves
2 fl oz	Pepper flavoured vodka
4 fl oz	Tomato juice
8 drop	Hot pepper sauce (red)
1/2 fl oz	Tawny port
4 dash	Worcestershire sauce
¹⁄₂ spoon	Horseradish sauce
2 pinch	Celery salt
2 grind	Black pepper
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

A particularly spicy Mary with a herbal twist.

History:

Discovered in 2004 at Indigo Yard, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Nutrition:

One serving of Basil Mary contains 197 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
10.3% alc./vol. (20.6° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

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