Thinking of Drinking: Cajun Mary

You might need one of these to get through Inauguration Day!  Numb the pain with a really good Bloody Mary.  Lucky for us, Scott Clime of Acadiana, shared his secret recipe.  

Acadiana’s “Cajun Mary”

Scott Clime

Wine and Beverage Director for Passion Food Hospitality

Yields 8.5 quarts

Bloody Mary Mix

Ingredients

8.5 quarts                     Tomato juice (6 cans)

2 cups                          Worcestershire sauce

7 tablespoons               Tabasco sauce

4 tablespoons               Black pepper

7 each                          Lemons, halved and juiced

5 each                          Limes, halved and juiced

2 tablespoons               Creole Seasoning [Paul Predones brand is recommended]

3 tablespoons               Horseradish, prepared

Bloody Mary

Ingredients

1.5 ounces                    Absolute Pepper Vodka

6 ounces                       Acadiana Bloody Mary Mix [see recipe above]

.25 cup                         Creole Seasoning [Paul Predones brand is recommended]

1 each                          lime, cut into wedges for garnish

1 each                          Green olives, for garnish

Preparation

Rim the glass with the Creole seasoning. Fill with 1.5 ounces of vodka and approximately six ounces of the home-made Acadiana Bloody Mary Mix. Garnish with a lime wedge and green olives [optional] and serve!