Difficulty: Medium

Bloody Mary

Utter bunch royalty, the fun of the Bloody Mary is the endless customisability – from the seasonings of wasabi, gochujang, miso paste, soy sauce, piri piri, sriracha etc through to going big with the garnishes like strips of crisp streaky bacon, big-ass prawns, pickled onions, the list is endless. We’ve opted for a good base recipe for you to riff on

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What you need
Serve in a Collins glass
Garnish Leafy end of celery stick and lemon wedge, squeezed
Ingredients
How to make

Roll all ingredients between two cold cocktail tins a few times to mix then pour over ice

Contains
Ketel One
Manzanilla di Sanlúcar ‘Alegría’, Williams & Humbert
Eager Pressed Tomato Juice
Celery salt
Cracked black pepper
Hot Sauce
Worcestershire sauce

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