Mixing up a Classic Tomato Bacon Sipper
Combine the garlic, basil, lime juice, and celery salt in a blender. Add 1 garlic clove, 5 fresh basil leaves, 2 teaspoons (9.9 mL) of lime juice, and ¼ teaspoon (1 g) celery salt to a blender. Blend the ingredients until they are well mixed. Conversely, you could put the ingredients a cocktail shaker and muddle them together.
Blend in the tomatoes. After you’ve finished mixing the lime juice mixture, add 2 ripe, medium, red heirloom tomatoes that have been cut in half. Blend until they are fully incorporated and the mixture is smooth. You can substitute your favorite tomato for the heirlooms if you prefer. Just make sure that they’re medium size.
Add vodka, bacon, chili sauce, and ice, to a cocktail shaker and roll it. Once the tomato mixture is smooth, pour it into a cocktail shaker. Add 1 ⁄2 fl oz (44 mL) of vodka, 1 tablespoon (14 g) of pepper bacon that’s been cooked crisp and chopped, ⁄2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) of Asian chili sauce, and enough ice to fill the cocktail shaker. To roll the mixture, pour the liquid from 1 shaker to another to cool it down and combine all of the ingredients. If you want to make a non-alcoholic version of the tomato bacon sipper, substitute lemon-flavored sparkling water for the vodka.
Strain the mixture. When all of the ingredients are well blended, pour the mixture through a wire mesh strainer that’s placed over a measuring cup. Use the back of a spoon to press all of the juices from the tomato pieces, and throw away the solids.
Pour the mixture into a glass with ice and garnish. Once it’s strained, pour the mixture over ice in a glass. Garnish it with the tomato slices, bacon, and romaine leaf, and serve. If you like, you can run a lime wedge around the rim of your glass before filling it. Next, dip the rim of the glass in a mixture of celery salt and paprika for extra garnish.
Preparing a Tomato Bacon Sipper with Bacon-Flavored Vodka
Combine all of the ingredients except the bacon and celery in a cocktail shaker. Mix ⁄2 fl oz (15 mL) of bacon-flavored vodka, 4 fl oz (120 mL) of tomato juice, 1 teaspoon (4.9 mL) of Worcestershire sauce, 1 to 2 dashes of cayenne pepper sauce, the juice from half a lemon, and ½ teaspoon (1 ½ g) of dried ground horseradish to a cocktail shaker. Then, add ice and pour the mixture from 1 shaker to another several times until all of the ingredients are thoroughly combined and cooled. If you don’t have a cocktail mixer, use a large glass jar with a lid to mix the cocktail.
Pour the mixture into a glass with ice. Once the cocktail is fully mixed, fill a glass with ice. Add the mixture to the glass until it is full. If you like, you can wet the rim of the glass before filling it and dip it in a mixture of salt and freshly ground black pepper to garnish it.
Garnish the drink with bacon and celery. After you’ve poured the cocktail into the glass, stick a slice of cooked, crisp bacon and a stalk of celery in it as garnish. If you like, you can also add some pickled vegetables, such as onions or olives to the garnish.
Whipping up Super Spicy Tomato Bacon Sippers
Combine all of the ingredients except the creole seasoning, vodka, bacon, celery, and olives. Add 6 cups (1,400 mL) of tomato juice, ⁄4 cup (59 mL) of lemon juice, ⁄4 cup (59 mL) of lime juice, 2 tablespoons (30 g) of creamy horseradish, 1 tablespoon (15 mL), 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of Asian chili sauce, 1 minced garlic clove, ¾ teaspoon (4 g) of salt, and ½ teaspoon (1 g) of freshly ground black pepper to a blender pitcher. Blend the mixture for 10 to 15 seconds, or until it is completely mixed. You can add less of the chili sauce and horseradish if you want to make a milder cocktail. For a spicier version, you add a little more of each.
Refrigerate the mixture to chill. After the tomato juice mixture is completely blended, take the pitcher off the blender. With the lid on, place the blender in the refrigerator and allow it to chill for at least 1 hour. Chilling the cocktails also gives the flavors time to meld before you serve them.
Dip the rim of some glasses in water and then in creole seasoning. When you’re ready to serve the cocktails, dip the rims of 6 glasses in a shallow bowl filled with water. Next, dip them in a shallow bowl filled with creole seasoning. If you prefer, you can run a lemon or lime wedge along the rims of the glasses instead of wetting them with water.
Pour vodka into the glasses and fill with the tomato juice mixture. Add ice and 2 fl oz (59 mL) of vodka to each glass. Next, pour enough of the tomato juice mixture into each glass to fill it. If you like, you can use a cocktail stirrer to make sure the vodka is blended throughout the tomato juice mixture.
Garnish the glass with bacon, celery, and olives. To dress up the cocktails, add a piece of cooked bacon and a stalk of celery to each glass. Slide2-3 olives on cocktail skewers, and place them across the top of each glass.
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