The separation is due to each liquid having a different density
Wait, you didn’t think we’d skip cocktail night during Tomato Week did you? It’s summer. Make your own tomato juice while you still can.
Tomato Martinis
- 2 ounces gin
- 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
- 3 ounces fresh tomato juice (see note below)
- juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- salt/pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp hot sauce
- olive or lemon peel for garnish
To make tomato juice, blend about 2 cups worth of tomatoes, about 5 large Romas. Pour into a sieve set over a large bowl. Set aside to strain, pressing with a spoon occasionally. Depending on how juicy your tomatoes are you should get enough juice to make a cocktail in about five minutes. It should take about 30 minutes to strain the entire batch. You’ll want another one.
Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and give it a shake or two. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with olive or lemon peel.
Don’t like gin? You’re forgiven. Use 2 ounces vodka or 1 ounce vodka and one ounce pepper vodka.
One from the archives: No surprises here. You can’t have a tomato week without a Bloody Mary. This would be great with the fresh tomato juice too.
So many vegetables make it a health drink, right?
love that your martini pick looks almost exactly like the martini! I’ll bet this is tasty!
you know i can’t turn down a healthy beverage! i love this martini idea – i’ve never liked bloody mary’s die to the thickness. you’ve solved my problems.
Tomato martinis? But of course!
You really crack me up.
The Bloody Mary is a favourite Sunday morning drink and your version looks great. I think I’d drink my Martini dry as in Dean Martin’s version when the Vermouth cork is just waved over the surface of the iced gin.
I adore Bloody Marys and I love Dry Martinis, so I know I´m going to like this one!
Of course! This is genius… One for me please!
Martini Sunrise!
They *look* beautiful…but I’ll leave them for the rest of you
I love this idea, combining two of my favorites!
Isn’t this also known as a Bloody Mary?
That reminds me, here in Canada we have a rendition of the Bloody Mary called a Caesar. It’s basically the same as the Bloody Mary but with clam and tomato juice. I asked for one in Florida some 20 years ago and the waitress looked at me as if I were from another planet!
No it’s different. I use vodka and horseradish in my bloody Mary and I never use fresh juice. I like clam juice too!
The fresh tomato juice must add a nice tanginess to it.
I love that martini glass skewer.
Don’t like gin? That’d be a crime. I’m not one for a Bloody Mary, but with the gin and Worcestershire and fresh tomato juice — yowza. Looks great!
Scrumity idea.
Mandy
Now this is an intriguing drink!
I would definitely make this with gin. Oh, martini, you old frenemy – how I do adore you (and hate you in the morning) . . . .
so pretty and i luv the olive picks
My younger sister had to write a classification essay this week, and she asked me for topics. I suggested different types of alcoholic beverages because I was reading your blog at the time. =D
I like to think we inspire at least one person a month.:)
Sigh.. this sounds great and i have just started to make the sauces and juices.. I usually make the bloody mary, maybe i should branch out! c
my husband would love this
Mike would love this…I’m more for cranberries in my martini.
I love tomato soup, now I just need some grilled cheese croutons to go with it!
Thanks was completely on the wrong post! but the martini sounds great too!
Ha, ha. How many of these did you drink?
Purely intoxicated on the idea!
Oooo this is great! Quite pretty, too.
Cool!!!!! You are really a “drinkteca”
All your tomato recipes are proof of the versatility of tomatoes!