BLOODY MARY OYSTER SHOOTERS

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: no cook recipe

Yield: Makes enough mix for 6-8 cocktails or 2 dozen shooters

You can make your own Bloody Mary mix using my recipe or use your favorite store-bought mix for this recipe. Zing-Zang makes a great one!

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups tomato juice

4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon fresh lime juice

1 1/4 tablespoons prepared horseradish

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1/2 teaspoon Tabasco

1/4 teaspoon celery salt

¼ teaspoon Old Bay seasoning (optional)

1/3 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

24 fresh chilled Gulf (or your own local variety) oysters, shucked

DIRECTIONS:

Put shot glasses into the freezer or on ice to chill them. Add all of the ingredients into a blender. Whir everything together until smooth. Transfer to a glass pitcher and chill well. For the rim mix, put ½ teaspoon Old Bay and ½ teaspoon kosher salt on a saucer. To rim the glasses, use a lemon or lime wedge to moisten the rim of the glass. Dip the rim into the mix.

Add an Oyster…

Drop a chilled oyster into the bottom of the cold shot glass. Top with a splash of your favorite chilled vodka (or tequila for a Bloody Maria) and fill with the Bloody Mary mix. Garnish with a green onion, olives, pickled green bean, celery stick, lemon or lime. Serve chilled.