Sponsored by TOPO Organic Spirits, Chapel Hill, NC
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es, that’s bacon you see lighting up what is normally a very traditional cocktail. This month we are at Durham’s Harvest 18 Restaurant and General Manager Josh Lindsey and Executive Chef Michael Casey have been hard at work for weeks with local vegetables and TOPO Organic Vodka to not only make a great mix, but to infuse the vodka itself. “We have a mission to support North Carolina farmers DQG oVKHUPHQ :KHWKHU LW EH IUHVK WURXW IURP $VKHYLOOH beef from Maxton, or these local heirloom tomatoes for our cocktail infusion, that’s where we want our experiments to begin,â€? says Josh. This one’s a knockout that you’ll want to adopt as your own secret recipe. That’s my plan...Cheers! –Esteban McMahan, TOPO Spirit Guide HARVEST 18 BLOODY MARY WITH HEIRLOOM TOMATO-INFUSED TOPO TO MAKE THE BLOODY MARY MIX (MAKES ENOUGH TO SHARE): 3 cans organic tomato juice 2 whole lemons, juiced 1 tbsp distilled vinegar 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tbsp onion powder lots of freshly ground black pepper 1 tsp hot sauce 1 ½ tsp paprika 2 tbsp horseradish 1 ½ tbsp celery salt [IZW Ă„ULS` JOVWWLK JLSLY` SLHM TO INFUSE TOPO ORGANIC VODKA: Add 4 heirloom tomatoes, 12 red onion slices, 7 cloves of garlic, 10 whole peppercorns and 3 whole serrano peppers to a bottle of TOPO Organic Vodka. Let sit for 5 days. Rim a glass with bacon salt. Add ice to the glass, then 2 oz. TOPO Organic Vodka and 4 oz. Harvest 18 Bloody Mary Mix. Garnish with a slice of cooked bacon. Sit back and enjoy your weekend like never before.
ORDER YOURS TODAY AT HARVEST 18 RESTAURANT, 8128 RENAISSANCE PKWY SUITE 114, DURHAM. (919) 316-1818.
TOPO Organic Vodka is available in ABC stores throughout NC, $28.95. Want to visit the distillery? Book tours online at topodistillery.com.