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Serves
2 - 4, depending...
Author Notes
It is certainly better to think of this drink as the reward for canning those backyard tomatoes - and pilfering the tomato water as you go has a certain scale of economy to it. But you needn't go overboard - tomato water is simple to make. Now this is a perfect salad....... —Canned
Ingredients
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3
large tomatoes, chopped
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1 cup
vodka
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1
radish, sliced
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1/2
jalapeno pepper
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1
celery stalk, trimmed into three inch pieces
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1
small cucumber, peeled and sliced into thin spears
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2 tablespoons
pickled peas, or pickled asparagus spear or pickled string beans
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Splash
pickle brine
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1 teaspoon
chili honey, Mike's is a good brand
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2 sprigs
basil, for garnish
Directions
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Put the jalapeno pepper in a large cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Chop the tomatoes and place in a colander over a measuring cup until you have about 1/2 cup of tomato juice aka water. Salt the water to taste. Use the chopped tomatoes for bruschetta or some other fabulous appetizer.
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Pour vodka, tomato water, chili honey and splash of pickle brine over the ice in the cocktail shaker. Go ahead and add a little more vodka if you have room. Cover and shake for 30 seconds.
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In each of two martini glasses, place 1 tbsp. of pickled peas or other pickled delight. Add 3 cherry tomatoes, a celery stick, a cucumber spear, a couple of radish slices per glass. Pour the vodka/tomato water over the "salad." Garnish with basil and borage flowers, if available. Refill as necessary.
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