Homemade Bloody Mary Mix

Ingredients

• 24-25 cups of tomato juice
• 2 medium shallot, diced
• 6 stalks of celery plus leaves, chopped
• 11 oz canned green chiles
• 1/4 c lemon juice
• 1/4 c lime juice
• 6 tablespoons of grated fresh horseradish or prepared bottled horseradish
• 6 tablespoons gluten free Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoon celery salt
• 4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 3 T Hot sauce (such as Franks Red Hot or Sriracha), to taste
• 1/2 cup pickle juice (spicy pickle juice is super good)
• 2 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoon kosher salt
• 4 cups of vodka
• Rim Seasoning: kosher salt, fresh ground pepper, smoked paprika
• Optional Garnish: olives, jalapeño stuffed olives, pickled green tomatoes, lime wedges

Instructions

1. Make Fresh Tomato Juice: Place cored tomatoes in boiling water for one minute. Place in cold water, then peel skins. Mash and heat thoroughly, then run through a food mill.
2. Place chopped tomatoes, onion, celery, and chiles in a blender or food processor with some of the tomato juice and puree. This will likely need to occur in batches.
3. Make Mix – Add lemon juice, lime juice, grated horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, smoked paprika, and celery salt to the fresh tomato juice. Add hot sauce, salt, and fresh cracked pepper to taste. (To can and preserve the Bloody Mary Mix, see canning instructions below).
4. Assemble Drinks – Mix 1 tablespoon each of salt, ground black pepper, and smoked paprika on a small flat plate. Dip the rim of each glass in water or lemon juice and then dip the rim of each glass in the paprika-salt mixture and twist the glass. Fill each 8 ounce glass with ice to the rim. Pour 1 ounce of vodka and top off with bloody mary mix in each glass. An extra splash of hot sauce and pickle juice tastes grand. Be sure to swirl around all the ingredients using a spoon or chopsticks.
5. Garnish – Top and garnish the drinks as you wish…with limes, lemons, jalapeño stuffed olives, hot sauce, pickled green tomatoes, pickled green beans, bacon… ya bacon. It’s endless possibilities.
6. Canning Instructions: (See this tutorial on canning instructions for great details)
7. Clean and heat canning jars. Place lids in warm water. Preheat the water bath to a rolling boil.
8. Fill pint-sized jars with Bloody Mary Mix, leaving 1/4-inch head space at the top of the jar. Wipe rim of jars.
9. Apply the lids and screw on the canning rings.
10. Lower the pint jars into the boiling water canning bath using a jar rack. Allow the water to come back to a gentle boil. Place lid on canning bath and process pint jars for at least 45 minutes. (Note – If you’re canning a small batch of jars, it is best to use a smaller pot to process your jars to reduce breakage.)
11. Remove from canning water bath using tongs. Allow to cool to room temperature. After your jars have cooled, check the seal by pressing down on the center of the lid. If the lid does not move and is concave, then you have a good seal. However, if the lid moves when pushed, then there is a bad seal and the jar needs to be processed again.