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Over the past twenty years, the Bloody Mary cocktail has been a bestseller in Russian bars. It’s delicious, quick to prepare, easy to drink, and inexpensive. Fans of this legendary drink can make Bloody Mary at home. The best recipe is posted below. With a certain skill, the whole process takes no more than 60 seconds.
Historical information
According to legend, the cocktail is named after the first English queen and ardent Catholic Mary I Tudor (1516-1558). She was nicknamed Bloody Mary for her brutal reprisals against protesters. This is the only queen in the history of England who does not have a single monument.
According to another version, the cocktail was named by the great writer and alcohol lover Ernest Hemingway. He wanted to leave in the memory of the fans the name of his fourth wife, Mary, who made scandals when Hemingway came home drunk.
The authorship of the Bloody Mary cocktail is claimed by two bartenders at once – George Jessel and Fernand Petiot. George claims to have come up with this recipe between the world wars. The first official mention of the cocktail dates back to December 2, 1939 in the New York Herald Tribune. But it says that “Bloody Mary” is prepared by mixing vodka and tomato juice in a ratio of one to one, other ingredients are not discussed.
Therefore, Fernand Petio considers himself the author of the Bloody Mary recipe, since it was he who first began to add pepper, salt and sauces to the cocktail. Its version appeared in the 20s of the last century.
Homemade Bloody Mary Recipe
There are several methods for preparing this cocktail (in a shaker, blender, glass, layers) and different proportions of Bloody Mary. According to the standards of the International Bartending Association (IBA), any of these methods can be used. We will resort to the simplest option, mixing all the ingredients in a glass.
Ingredients:
- tomato juice – 150 grams;
- vodka – 75 ml;
- lemon juice – 15 ml;
- salt – 1 grams;
- pepper – 1 gram;
- celery – 1 sprig;
- Tabasco sauce – 3 drops (optional);
- Worcester sauce – 3 drops (optional)
Worcestershire sauce is an English sweet and sour condiment made from vinegar, sugar and fish. Tabasco is a spicy hot sauce made from pepper, vinegar and salt. At home, these two ingredients are used extremely rarely, but they do not significantly affect the taste, so they can be discarded.
Technology of preparation
1. Pour vodka into a high-volume highball glass.
2. Add salt, pepper, lemon juice and mix well.
3. Pour in ice.
4. Pour tomato juice, add Tabasco and Worcesters sauces (optional), mix again.
5. Put a sprig of celery in a glass.
6. Serve with a straw.
During the preparation of most vodka cocktails, ice is first added to the glass and only then other components. In the case of Bloody Mary, experienced bartenders advise first mixing vodka with pepper, salt and lemon juice, and then filling the glass with ice. Thanks to this amendment, the ingredients mix better, improving the taste of the cocktail.
The video shows a slightly different technology for making Bloody Mary, where the ingredients are mixed in a “Russian” way.
How to drink Bloody Mary
The drink belongs to the group of long drinks – refreshing cocktails of large volume, which are drunk through a straw in small sips. If Bloody Mary is prepared in layers, then the glass is served with two tubes at once, so that the drinker can regulate the flow of vodka and tomato juice into his body. Snack “Bloody Mary” with celery.
Another interesting fact is that this cocktail helps to relieve a hangover and a headache in the morning after a stormy party.