Gazpacho Bloody Mary
Ingredients
1
medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, cut into 1" pieces
⅓ cup
coarsely chopped onion
½
red or yellow bell pepper, seeded, cut into 1" pieces
1 clove
garlic
1 tsp.
prepared horseradish
2 cups
tomato juice
1 tsp.
kosher salt, divided
½ tsp.
freshly ground Kowalski's Black Peppercorns, divided
6 shots
vodka
6
cocktail stirrers (or cocktail picks, if serving with garnishes)
- garnishes (optional): cornichons, green olives, chopped red or yellow bell pepper, and pickled pearl onions
Directions
- Purée cucumber, onion, bell pepper, garlic, horseradish, tomato juice, ½ salt and ¼ black pepper in a blender.
- Pour Bloody Mary mixture into a large pitcher; cover and refrigerate until cold.
- Pour remaining salt and pepper onto a flat rimmed dish; mix together until well combined. Moisten the rims of 6 martini glasses; dip rims in salt and pepper mixture to coat.
- Fill prepared glasses with ice; divide Bloody Mary mixture evenly among glasses.
- Pour a shot of vodka into each glass.
- Add a cocktail stirrer to each glass (or, if serving with garnishes, skewer garnishes onto cocktail picks before adding to glasses).
