Bloody 'Mary'nara Cocktail

Ingredients

• 125 ml (1/2 cup) Rao’s marinara tomato sauce
• 315 ml (1 3/4 cups) tomato juice
• 1 lemon
• 10 ml (2 tsp) celery salt
• 8 drops green jalapeño Tabasco
• 5 ml (1 tsp) Worcestershire sauce
• Juice of 1 lime
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 90 ml (3 ounces) vodka
• Ice cubes

Optional Garnish

• 4 cocktail skewers
• 4 pitted green olives
• 4 cherry tomatoes
• 4 thin cucumber slices, cut lengthwise

1. First, prepare the cocktail glasses. Place the celery salt in a small dish. Cut a lemon wedge, then rub it around the rim of the glasses. Dip the glasses into the celery salt. Set aside.
2. In a tall container, combine Rao’s marinara tomato sauce, tomato juice, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, the juice of half a lemon, lime juice, and freshly ground black pepper. Blend everything together using an immersion blender.
3. Add a few ice cubes to the prepared glasses.
4. Pour the cocktail mixture into the glasses, evenly distribute the vodka, and stir.
5. Garnish each cocktail with a skewer threaded with an olive, cherry tomato, folded cucumber slice (accordion-style), and a lemon wedge.