Bloody mary party soup

24 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2½cupMinced onion
2cupsMinced celery
1¼cupPeeled, seeded and minced
Cucumber
8largesCloves fresh garlic, minced
2tablespoonsButter or margarine
4cans46 oz. ea. tomato juice
1½cupLemon juice
3tablespoonsSugar
½teaspoonTabasco sauce
½teaspoonWorcestershire sauce
1Bottle (fifth) Vodka
½cupGreen onion, sliced

Directions

Saute onion, celery, cucumber and garlic in butter until soft. Add tomato juice, lemon juice, sugar, Tabasco and Worcestershire; simmer 7 to 8 minutes. Chill. Place vodka bottle in No. 10 can filled with water; freeze until ice is solid. Remove can but keep vodka surrounded in ice and wrapped in a towel. To serve: portion soup into serving bowl. Garnish with green onion. Add 1 oz. jigger of vodka per serving of soup at table.