Bloody mary party soup

24 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupMinced onion
2cupsMinced celery
cupPeeled, seeded and minced
Cucumber
8largesCloves fresh garlic, minced
2tablespoonsButter or margarine
4cans46 oz. ea. tomato juice
cupLemon 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.