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The KITCHEN SINK MARTINI


How to clean out your fridge and get a great cocktail from it.

What do you do when you have a bunch of different veggies and not enough of them to make dinner? You make a martini.

The
KITCHEN SINK
Martini

INGREDIENTS
2 Oz. Dill Pickle Vodka*
1 Oz. Celery Juice
1 Oz. Tomato Juice
Juice of 1/2 a Lime
1 Tbsp. Finely Chopped Bell Pepper
1/2 Tsp. Garlic Salt
3 Drops Cholula Chipotle Sauce

Garnish: Assorted veggies, olives, whatever vegetables you have in the fridge.

Tools: Blender, Cocktail Shaker, Strainer

Glass: Cocktail (Martini)

DIRECTIONS
Rim your glass with salt and pepper.
Chill your glass in the freezer.
Add the ingredients to a blender and pulse until smooth.
Transfer to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until chilled.
Strain into the chilled glass, garnish and serve.

* MAKE YOUR OWN PICKLE VODKA

Yes, you do see "Dill Pickle Vodka" in the recipe.  There are or were several companies that made dill pickle vodkas but they are increasingly hard to find.

These days I make my own by simply infusing a bottle of decent vodka with almost the same ingredients I use to make pickles..I usually use sliced cucumbers, dill seed, garlic, peppercorns, mustard seed, celery seed and let that infuse for at least a week or longer. Taste and shake daily until you reach your preferred level of pickleness, strain well and bottle.

It really ia the perfect vodka to put a little extra zing in this cocktail - after all, the pickle had to be represented in a Kitchen Sink Martini, right?

November 15th is Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.

Updated November  2017
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY

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