Clear Bloody Mary

Submitted by: Todd Thrasher

Ingredients

• For tomato water:
• Makes 1 liter
• 4 pounds fresh vine-on tomatoes
• 2 stalks lemon grass
• 4 serrano chiles
• 1 small bermuda onion
• Salt to taste

Directions

1. In several batches, coarsely chop and puree in a food processor the tomatoes, lemon grass, chiles and onion. Add salt to taste. Transfer pulp to a cheesecloth and suspend over a large stockpot. Refrigerate. Leave to strain about 12 to 24 hours, until pulp volume has reduced by 2/3.

Per cocktail:

1 1/2 ounces Absolut Citron

3 ounces tomato water

To make cocktails: Fill a highball glass with ice and add vodka. Fill with tomato water mixture.

Garnish with small sun gold tomato.

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