Bloody Mary – Portuguese Style
We usually fly to and from Portugal on budget airlines, so when, a couple of months ago we found ourselves flying “full service,” with British Airways, it was a pleasant surprise when the trolley of free drinks came down the plane.
Bloody Mary - Portuguese Style
I spotted the little brown bottle of Worcestershire sauce and couldn’t believe that for several years I had somehow forgotten how much I enjoyed a good bloody mary. I ordered one on the plane, but there was no Tabasco sauce available, so the drink I was given wasn’t quite up to scratch.
Back in Portugal, I got to wondering whether a bloody mary would be quite as good with local ingredients. Although Worcestershire sauce is available here, it is imported and therefore rather expensive, and the local alternative is a lighter coloured sauce called “Molho Ingles.” Tabasco is also hard to come by, but hot piri piri sauce is everywhere. It was time for an experiment.
I mixed a glass of ice, a good dollop of Absolut vodka, tomato juice, a wedge of lemon, and topped it off with a layer of Molho Ingles, ten drips of hot piri piri sauce and a grinding of pepper. I’ve never really been a fan of celery near my bloody mary so I left that out.
The verdict: yes, it works, and in all honesty using the cheaper local ingredients makes no difference that I can notice. When we next have friends staying I look forward to serving up a hangover-destroying bloody mary breakfast!
I have also posted a Bloody Mary recipe over at Suite 101. Click here to visit.
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Hi there,
The summer hot wheather has arrived. So it’s time.
Go to a nce bar and try a Caipirinha, or do it you self.
If needed I can show you how to do it.
regards
Hi!
I am quite a fan of caipirinhas and sometimes they can pack quite a punch!
The nicest I have had was in quite a rustic little snack bar overlooking the fort at Praia de Rocha made with great care by a Brazillian man – I could manage one right now as it happens!
Best wishes, Ben
I am happy to see that you are already part of the caipirinha club.
Once I told by email to one of my english friends how to prepare caipirinhas. I think you put a lot more cachaça than necessary, since in replied in the next day saying that he could alreday do “Killer Caipirinhas”.
Have a nice time in Sevilha.
CcoR
“….I think HE put a lot more cachaça than necessary, since HE replied in the next day saying that could alreday do “Killer Caipirinhas”…”
Hi There,
After a night out in Spain I think I may have drank enough caipirinhas to put me off them for a little while
B