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Spiced Tomato Beverage Recipe

This zesty beverage recipe from my Uncle Merle will awaken all your senses! Skip the vodka for a nonalcoholic drink.—Ron Roth, Three Rivers, Michigan

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Spiced Tomato Beverage Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

10 15 25

Ingredients

8 cups tomato juice
3 tablespoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 beef bouillon cubes
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 to 6 drops hot pepper sauce
1 cinnamon stick (3 inches)
Ice cubes
16 ounces vodka, optional
8 celery ribs, optional

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the first 12 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Remove and discard cinnamon stick. Serve warm or cover and refrigerate until chilled.
If desired, place ice in a glass. Fill a shaker three-fourths full with ice. Add 2 ounces vodka and 1 cup tomato mixture to shaker; cover and shake for 10-15 seconds or until condensation forms on outside of shaker. Strain into prepared glass. Garnish with a celery rib. Repeat with remaining vodka, tomato mixture and celery. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup (calculated without vodka and celery) equals 52 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), trace cholesterol, 1,279 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Spiced Tomato Beverage in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2009, p32