Cocktail recipe

Bloody Mary

Savory vodka brunch classic.

Bloody Mary cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz Vodka
  • 3 oz Tomato Juice
  • 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
  • 2 dash Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 dash Tabasco
  • 1 dash Salt
  • 1 dash Black Pepper

Method

  1. Add the vodka, tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire Sauce, and Tabasco to a mixing vessel. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Add ice and gently pour between two open vessels a few times to combine.
  3. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.

Story

Fernand Petiot claimed to have mixed vodka and tomato juice at Harry's New York Bar in Paris in the early 1920s, and later spiced it up at the St. Regis in New York, where it was renamed the Red Snapper for polite company.