Bloody Mary Sorbet Recipe

BLOODY MARY SORBET Makes 1 litre.
This is great for a party, In a shot glass with a stick of celery and a savoury tuile biscuit.

100g caster sugar
2 celery stalks, roughly chopped
Small bunch of basil leaves roughly chopped
500ml tomato juice
80ml vodka
20ml Fino Sherry
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Splash of Tabasco
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper.

1) Dissolve the sugar in 300ml water over a low heat. Once the solution is clear add the celery and bring to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes, then strain the mixture into a bowl and discard the celery. Add the basil to the hot liquid and leave to infuse until cool.
2) Mix the tomato juice, vodka, lemon juice and Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces. Strain the
basil from the syrup then pour the syrup into the tomato mixture.
3) Season, then churn and freeze.

Tips
Alcohol prevents proper freezing so don't go too mad with the vodka and sherry, taste your mix before freezing...the seasoning will need to be very strong at this point as, once frozen, the flavours will deaden slightly.