Virgin Mary
ClassicTomato juice, hot sauce, and celery. The Bloody Mary's traditional alcohol-free name.
Savory and peppery, tomato's body carrying Worcestershire's umami depth and a real kick of hot sauce, brightened by lemon and finished with celery salt's herbal snap.
Ingredients
- 6 oz Tomato Juice
- 3 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
- 3 dashes Hot Sauce
- 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 pinch Celery Salt
- 1 pinch Black Pepper
- Celery stalk · optional garnish
- lemon wedge · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Fill a highball glass with cubed ice.
- 2
Combine the tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and lemon juice.
- 3
Stir well and season with celery salt and black pepper.
- 4
Garnish with a celery stalk and a lemon wedge.
The Story
"Virgin Mary" is the traditional name for a non-alcoholic Bloody Mary, not simply a description of what's missing — the same savory tomato-and-spice build the Bloody Mary is famous for, minus the vodka, ordered by its own name at brunch tables that would rather not explain the substitution every time. It's carried the exact same seasoning conventions (Worcestershire, hot sauce, celery salt) since the Bloody Mary itself was standardized in the mid-20th century.
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