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Serves 20 soup shots

1 × 28 oz (796 g) canned chopped tomatoes, unsalted

2 green onions, trimmed and chopped

1 celery stalk

½ cup (125 ml) reduced salt chicken stock

2 tbsp (30 ml) Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp (15 ml) prepared horseradish

2 tbsp (30 ml) vodka

1 tbsp (15 ml) lemon juice

salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

½ cup (125 ml) sour cream, for serving

2 tbsp (30 ml) 2% milk, plus extra as needed, for serving

In a blender, combine tomatoes with juice, green onions, celery, stock, Worcestershire, horseradish, vodka and lemon juice until smooth. If soup is too thick, thin with additional stock or water 1 tbsp (15 ml) at a time. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to a pitcher and refrigerate until cold.
Just before serving, in a small bowl, whisk together sour cream and milk. If mixture is not easily pourable, add an additional 1 to 2 tsp (5 to 10 ml) of milk. Transfer to a squeeze bottle or a resealable plastic bag with a small hole cut from one corner.
When ready to serve, pour Bloody Mary soup into small serving glasses. Squeeze a small coil of sour cream mixture onto soup. With a toothpick or paring knife, drag lines from centre out to create a spider web design. Enjoy soup chilled.

Serves 8

½ to ¾ cup (125 to 175 ml) fine berry sugar

4 cups (1 L) water, divided

¼ cup (60 ml) vodka

1 cup (250 ml) fresh blueberries

1 cup (250 ml) fresh lemon juice

1 cup (250 ml) crushed ice

1 or 2 fresh lemons, thinly sliced

In a medium-sized saucepan combine sugar and 1 cup (250 ml) water. Bring to a boil and stir to blend until sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat and stir in remaining water, vodka and blueberries. Then add lemon juice and bring to room temperature.
Stir into a pitcher with crushed ice and lemon slices before serving.

Serves 1

1 lime

lemon-pepper seasoning, to rim

1 oz (30 ml) Absolut Citron

2 dashes hot sauce

2 dashes Worcestershire sauce

Clamato juice, to top

1 celery stick, for garnish

Moisten rim of a highball glass with a lime wedge and roll rim in lemonpepper seasoning to coat. Fill glass with ice. Add Absolut Citron, hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Top up with Clamato. Garnish with celery.