Enrich Your Kitchen

Balsamic Bloody Mary

(Courtesy of a dedicated Extra Virgin customer!)

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 24 ounces V8 juice
• 1 teaspoon celery seeds
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper, preferably Tellicherry peppercorns
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1 lime cut into 4 wedges
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 3 tablespoons freshly grated horseradish, divided
• 4 teaspoons Curry Mango Balsamic Vinegar
• 8 ounces Vodka
• 4 celery ribs, with leaves
• 8 Extra Virgin Private Label olives stuffed with your choice of garlic, habanero, jalapeno, capers, onions or sun-dried tomatoes
• Hot pepper sauce to taste

Preparation

In a 2 quart pitcher, combine the V8, celery seed, ground pepper, lemon and lime juices, 2 tablespoons of the horseradish, Curry Mango Balsamic, and hot pepper sauce. Stir well, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Rim four 12 ounce, glasses with fleur de sel (optional). Fill each glass with ice. Add 2 ounces of vodka. Top with 6 ounces of V8 mix.

Sprinkle each glass with the remaining horseradish, add a celery stick, and two olives on a cocktail pick. Squeeze one wedge of lime before dropping the wedge into the glass. Serve to your very best friends!