Mary & The Bacon
The Mary & The Bacon is a drink made with LION's Vodka Bacon Infusion, tomato juice and lime juice. This is the more demanding kind: one ingredient has to be made first, so allow eight minutes or more.
- Preparation time
- 8 minutes
- Servings
- 1 drink
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Garnish
- Celery stick and crispy bacon
Ingredients
- 4 cl LION's Vodka Bacon Infusion*
- 8 cl tomato juice
- 1 cl lime juice
- 4 dashes of Worchestershire sauce
- 4 dashes of Tabasco
Preparation
Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice cubes and shake vigorously. Strain the drink into a pre-chilled highball glass. Then garnish with a celery stick and a slice of crispy bacon. Finally, sprinkle on a pinch of Italian herbs, salt and freshly ground pepper.
*Preparation of infusion:
Bake a few slices of bacon on a tray lined with baking paper in the oven at 180°C. Pour the cooled bacon and excess fat into a sealable preserving jar and top with LION’s Vodka fill up. Close the jar and shake well.
Let it rest in the fridge for a week.
Open the jar and use a spoon to remove the fat floating on top. Place a fine sieve over a clean mason jar and also place a coffee filter on top. Strain the LION’s Vodka Bacon Infusion into the glass.
Variations
- Apple Moscow Mule: With LION's Vodka.
- B-Clear: With LION's Vodka.
- Bloody Mary: With LION's Vodka.
- Nettle highball: With LION's Vodka.