Italian Stallion (Bloody Mary Italia)

Submitted by pamela t.

"This yummy Italian style Mary is sure to engage your guests in great conversations. Take a pitcher of this festive drink to a holiday party and you’re sure to be the star! You can cut the zucchini with mini-cookie cutters into star shapes and triangles for a festive Stallion. Add to a pretty toothpick and a couple of olives, and you have a party in a glass. If you want a spicier Stallion, use spicy V-8 Juice. This recipe is for six servings; for single serving, use the second set of instructions."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 ounces vodka
• 32 ounces tomato juice
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 tablespoons worchestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons pesto sauce
• hot sauce, dash of
• 12 Spanish olives
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon pepper
• 1 zucchini

directions

1. For 6 drinks:

2. Pour vodka, tomato juice, worchestershire, and pesto into a large pitcher.
3. Stir in chili powder, cumin, and pepper.
4. Cut zucchini in thin strips or using a decorative mini-cookie cutter, make fun shapes.
5. Using a slice of lemon, wet the rim of each glass.
6. Dip the glass into salt, making sure the rim has salt all around.
7. Add ice to glasses.
8. Pour mixture into each glass, add olives and thin zucchini spear for stirring or use zucchini shapes and olives on a toothpick. Set on the edge of each glass.
9. Add a straw.

10. For one drink:

11. 1 oz vodka.
12. 5 oz tomato.
13. Dash of each spice.
14. 1/2 t pesto and worchestershire.
15. Mix in glass and serve.

Reviews

[Paris D]

Very tasty. Rather than rubbing a lemon along the rim of the glass, I just put a squirt of fresh lemon juice in the glass. We didn't bother rimming the glass with salt and I'm really glad we didn't! Even without added salt, the drink is very salty, but it really is very very good. We will make this again.

 

[Bonnie G #2]

DH and I really enjoyed this version of a Bloody Mary - the pesto added a new twist that was yummy. We did end up adding a splash of lemon juice and a little salt for personal preferance but it was great as it was. The idea of the Cookie Cutter Zucchini was really unusual and so much fun - Good luck chef, great recipe.

 

[evelynathens]

Still licking my chops over this, even though I made it quite a while ago...first of all, very good instructions. Now, the important bit - SENSATIONAL drink. Everything melded together beautifully to give a nice new spin on the classic bloody mary. I loved the herbaceous note the pesto added - and it suited this drink perfectly. The zucchini stirring spear was a nice, whimsical touch (and something crunchy to nosh on while you were drinking, along with the olives). Definitely a 5-star recipe for me. Good luck, chef.