Gazpacho Bloody Mary anyone?

So it's Sunday morning and you've just awoken with a Bloody Mary craving.  Maybe you're poolside lounging around and savoring one.  Or perhaps you're enjoying a rustic mountain view from your backyard deck. Normally, one would run to the pantry looking for a little tomato juice or the typical Bloody Mary mix.  This time, however, when you open the refrigerator door aspiring to concoct a creative cocktail you find something better: A pitcher of homemade gazpacho that you made the day before.  Is a gazpacho Bloody Mary possible?  Judge for yourself.

Summer Gazpacho Bloody Mary
(courtesy of Executive Chef Christian Apetz)

Picture courtesy of Chef Christian Apetz

Ingredients:

10 oz. of Gazpacho Alcaraz or your own homemade gazpacho

One dash of your favorite hot sauce

Squeeze juice from one fresh lime

Ice for shaking

2 oz. Finlandia Vodka or your favorite vodka

½ teaspoon of ground horseradish

2 oz. of good quality lemon sorbet

Freshly ground black pepper

1 celery stalk

2 stuffed green olives

A lime wedge

Pour gazpacho over ice, add vodka, fresh squeezed lime juice and shake well. Strain gazpacho over a pint glass with ice, garnish with celery stalk, olive squewer, lime wedge and a straw. Add one scoop of lemon sorbet on top of drink, ½ tsp. of ground horseradish on top, a dash of your favorite hot sauce and some fresly ground black pepper.  Stir and enjoy on a hot summer day!!!