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Green Bay Bloody Mary

Two cocktail glasses filled with green Bloody Marys and garnished with cucumber spirals on toothpicks.
Photo by Eric Medsker. Images Courtesy of Penguin Randomhouse Publisher & Getty Images.

When we opened Bar Sardine in the summer of 2014, we wanted an all-day Bloody Mary on the menu. I couldn’t stop thinking about green green green Bloodys. Tomatillos can be a little fussy with size and consistency, and in the winter, they tend to grow sour after sitting for a day or two. But when they behave, wow. High-five somebody.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 1

Ingredients

For the Bloody Mary:

Celery salt, for the rim of the glass

1½

oz. Death’s Door Vodka (On, Wisconsin!)

4

oz. Green Bay Bloody Blend (recipe below)

½

oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice

3

dashes Worcestershire sauce

Garnish: cornichon, lengthwise slice of cucumber, and celery stalk

For the Bloody Mary blend:

1¼

lb. cucumber (approximately 1¼ cucumbers)

10

oz. tomatillos (6 to 8 tomatillos)

10

freshly parsley leaves

¾

tsp. freshly ground black pepper

¾

tsp. celery salt

¾

tsp. salt

1½

oz. green Tabasco sauce

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. For the Bloody Mary:

    Step 1

    Coat half of the rim of a cider or pint glass with celery salt. Combine all of the remaining ingredients except the garnish in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Roll the ingredients back and forth with another shaker 3 times. Fill the half-rimmed cider glass with ice and strain the cocktail into the glass. Garnish with a cornichon and a lengthwise cucumber slice wrapped around the inside of the glass or rolled into the celery stalk.

  2. For the Bloody Mary blend:

    Step 2

    In a blender, blend all of the ingredients on low speed until the mixture turns smooth. Seal in a nonreactive container and keep refrigerated for up to 1 week.

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Reprinted with permission from The Bloody Mary: The Lore and Legend of a Cocktail Classic, with Recipes for Brunch and Beyond, copyright © 2017 by Brian Bartels. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Buy the full book from Amazon or Bookshop.