Connaught Bar’s Bloody Mary

Connaught Bar | London

photo: Lateef Okunnu
Celery Bloody Mary Cocktail Recipe

At London’s iconic Connaught Bar, the Bloody Mary riffs on the typical celery stalk garnish by finishing the drink with a float of “Celery Air.” As the Connaught Bar book puts it, the move “adds another layer of texture and freshness to a timeless classic.”

Excerpted from The Connaught Bar © 2024 by Agostino Perrone. Photography © 2024 by Lateef Okunnu. Reproduced by permission of Phaidon. All rights reserved.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • heavy 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
  • heavy 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
  • 3 1/2 ounces tomato juice (if using American tomato juice, add a pinch of sugar to sweeten)
  • 3 1/2 ounces tomato juice (if using American tomato juice, add a pinch of sugar to sweeten)
  • scant 3/4 ounce Bloody Mary Mix (see Editor’s Note)
  • scant 3/4 ounce Bloody Mary Mix (see Editor’s Note)
  • 1 3/4 ounce gin, vodka or tequila
  • 1 3/4 ounce gin, vodka or tequila

Garnish: Celery Air (see Editor’s Note), freshly grated nutmeg

Directions
  1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
  2. Pour the mixture back and forth between the filled shaker and an empty shaker two to three times.
  3. Strain into a coupette.
  4. Top with Celery Air and a grating of nutmeg.
Editor's Note

Bloody Mary Mix
20 ounces Worcestershire sauce
1 ounce soy sauce
10 grams (1/4 ounce) English mustard
30 drops Tabasco sauce
20 cilantro springs
2 inch piece fresh horseradish, grated
Small slice of Naga Jolokia chile (ghost chile) or other fresh red chile
Pinch of sea salt

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend for a few seconds. Strain through a paper coffee filter into a 700 milliliter (24 ounce) sterilized bottle. Store in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Celery Air
500 ml (17 ounces) fresh celery juice
10 grams (1/4 ounce) lecithin
5 grams (1/8 ounce) celery salt

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend for a few seconds. Pour into a 500 milliliter sterilized bottle. Label and store in the refrigerator for up to one day.

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