Inspiring vegetarian recipes
Try our vibrant veggie dishes, from meat-free lasagne to vegetable curry and vegetarian chilli
Virgin mary mocktail
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + infusing
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 60ml alcohol free vodka (or 2 tsp sherry vinegar topped up with water)
- 1 small red chilli, sliced
- 1 tsp soft light brown sugar
- 1 lemon, 1 strip of lemon peel, 1 tbsp juice, 1 wedge
- a handful ice
- 400ml tomato juice
- several good dashes (about 2 tsp) Worcestershire sauce
- a few dashes Tabasco
- 1 tsp celery salt
- ½ tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
- 1 tsp sherry vinegar
- celery stick, to serve
- cherry tomato, cornichon, olive or silverskin onion, on a skewer to serve
Method
- STEP 1
Put the vodka substitute or vinegar ‘shrub’, chilli, sugar and lemon peel in a clean jam jar and shake until the sugar dissolves. Leave for 6 hours or overnight if you can.
- STEP 2
Put a handful of ice into a jug, and pour over the infused lemon chilli shrub. Add the lemon juice, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco and a pinch of celery salt, pepper and sea salt. Mix well. Add more vinegar to taste, and add more salt, pepper, and sauces if you like.
- STEP 3
Rub the lemon wedge around the rim of two tall glasses. Mix the remaining salts and white pepper onto a plate and run the rim around for it to stick on.
- STEP 4
Add a few ice cubes to each glass, and strain into the glasses, serve with a celery stick, and a cherry tomato skewer to serve with your optional garnishes.
