Big Easy Bloody Mary

In this flavorful Bloody Mary we’re looking to NOLA for inspiration and boy did it deliver!!! We took the typical bloody mary framework and used Gin to get extra POP from the tomato juice as well as some botanical vibes, also the addition of Crystal hot sauce and Cajun and Creole spices truly took us back to some of our favorite culinary memories from the Crescent City. Easy is in the name of this one, but the ingredients list is a bit extensive! Substitutions for hot sauce, seasoning, and garnish are all welcome. We happened to have this one with a lunch of shrimp and fried okra and used it as garnish just because we thought it was fun, but the classic olives and pickles would do quite alright.

Ingredients

• 1.5oz Gin - we used @thewaltercollective

• 0.5oz fresh lemon juice 

• 6oz tomato juice - we used @v8juice 

• 2 bar spoons of prepared horseradish

• 2 bar spoons of Crystal Hot Sauce - @crystal.hot.sauce

• 2 shakes of Tony Chachare’s Creole Seasoning (if you want to get exact, about 1 teaspoon) - @tonychacheres

• 2 shakes of Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning (if you want to get exact, about 1 teaspoon) - @slapyamama

• 2 dashes of Worcestershire sauce

Tools

• Shaker

• Hawthorne strainer

Instruction

• Shake all ingredients with ice

• Strain into chilled

• Cajun(or creole) seasoning rimmed glass over fresh ice

• Garnish with fresh fennel stem (for that slight absinthe anise vibe) and a skewer of baby corn, cajun shrimp and roasted or pickled okra