Bloody Mary (Difford's recipe)

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (39 ratings)

Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
12 ring Yellow bell pepper optional
1 12 oz Ketel One Vodka
2 14 oz Tomato juice
13 oz Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
13 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
14 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 pinch Celery salt
3 grind Black pepper
8 drop Hot pepper sauce (red vinegar-based e.g. Tabasco)
4 dash Worcestershire sauce
× 1 1 serving
Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime juice and dip into salt).
  3. Prepare garnish of skewered celery stick, cherry tomato and yellow bell pepper slice.
  4. MUDDLE bell pepper in base of shaker.
  5. Add other ingredients and ice then ROLL (rotate rather than shake shaker).
  6. FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass. Use ice fresh from freezer (rather than ice-machine/ice-well) to fill glass to avoid unwanted dilution.
  7. Garnish with skewered celery stick, cherry tomato and yellow bell pepper slice.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

A Bloody Mary cocktail with a hint of bell pepper freshness and a touch of sherry.

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History:

Created in 2007 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.
Bloody Mary history

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6th January 2024 at 08:02
I infused Lovage in my vodka and the results in a Bloody Mary were sublime
j dawsari’s Avatar j dawsari
9th April 2023 at 16:39
Agreed re nixing sugar syrup. I subbed V8 and added a skosh of horseradish. I very much like the addition of the amontillado sherry.

We’ll see how the Easter crowd takes to it.

PS very glad for the servings feature allowing more than 4…my math is crap. ?
Nick Navro’s Avatar Nick Navro
1st January 2023 at 21:38
I infused my vodka with hot peppers, this year I used two Scotch bonnets and a Habanero... Perfect for this or ceasars
Nathalie O'Flynn’s Avatar Nathalie O'Flynn
26th December 2022 at 00:45
I’ll need one of those tomorrow but I just make a random recipe and add this that an the other, I don’t think I’ll be up to precision lol
1st August 2021 at 19:32
FWIW, I add a couple of dashes of celery bitters to my Bloody Mary ...
I D’s Avatar I D
26th December 2020 at 18:55
Just leave out the sugar syrup, it’s just not needed and tastes way better without.
30th October 2024 at 12:50
好你