Name: Virgin mary mocktail
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 60ml alcohol free vodka (or 2 tsp sherry vinegar topped up with water); 1 small red chilli, sliced; 1 tsp soft light brown sugar; 1 lemon, 1 strip of lemon peel, 1 tbsp juice, 1 wedge; a handful ice; 400ml tomato juice; several good dashes (about 2 tsp) Worcestershire sauce; a few dashes Tabasco; 1 tsp celery salt; ½ tsp ground white pepper; 1 tsp sea salt flakes; 1 tsp sherry vinegar; celery stick, to serve; cherry tomato, cornichon, olive or silverskin onion, on a skewer to serve

Two glasses of bloody marys garnished with a stick of celery on a blue background

60ml alcohol free vodka (or 2 tsp sherry vinegar topped up with water)
1 small red chilli
sliced
1 tsp soft light brown sugar
1 lemon
1 strip of lemon peel, 1 tbsp juice, 1 wedge
a handful ice
400ml tomato juice
several good dashes (about 2 tsp) Worcestershire sauce
a few dashes Tabasco
1 tsp celery salt
½ tsp ground white pepper
1 tsp sea salt flakes
1 tsp sherry vinegar
celery stick
to serve
cherry tomato, cornichon, olive or silverskin onion
on a skewer to serve

Method

step 1
Put the vodka substitute or vinegar ‘shrub’, chilli, sugar and lemon peel in a clean jam jar and shake until the sugar dissolves. Leave for 6 hours or overnight if you can.
step 2
Put a handful of ice into a jug, and pour over the infused lemon chilli shrub. Add the lemon juice, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco and a pinch of celery salt, pepper and sea salt. Mix well. Add more vinegar to taste, and add more salt, pepper, and sauces if you like.
step 3
Rub the lemon wedge around the rim of two tall glasses. Mix the remaining salts and white pepper onto a plate and run the rim around for it to stick on.
step 4
Add a few ice cubes to each glass, and strain into the glasses, serve with a celery stick, and a cherry tomato skewer to serve with your optional garnishes.