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Bacon Bloody Mary

It was only a matter of time. This recipe is brought to us by Sic Semper Porcus, a blog dedicated to all things porcine. A featured member of our Bloody Mary Flight, and suggested as an important part of a complete breakfast, it is, as the folks at Sic Semper Porcus say “a must try recipe for any aspiring breakfast drinker.” (Matthew?)

  • 5 Large tomatoes
  • 3 Carrots, peeled
  • 4 Fresno peppers, stemmed
  • 1 1/2 Cups reserved cooking water
  • 1 T Worcestershire Sauce
  • 4 T Apple cider vinegar
  • 3 Cloves garlic, diced
  • 2 lemons, juice of
  • 3 T Ground black pepper
  • 1 T Ground fennel
  • 3 T Salt
  • 2 Slices bacon, plus one slice per glass (plus one to eat while you make the drinks)
  • New Deal Vodka, Portland 88 Vodka, or Hot Monkey Pepper-Flavored Vodka
  1. Boil the vegetables in water until tomatoes are tender.
  2. Remove vegetables, reserve cooking water and peel the tomatoes.
  3. Saute bacon to taste, and dice two strips.
  4. Combine all the ingredients (except water) in a blender and blend until a thick, smooth puree. (Yes, you are blending bacon).
  5. Slowly add the water until it has thinned out to the desired consistency.
  6. Add New Deal Vodka, Portland 88 Vodka, or Hot Monkey Pepper-Flavored Vodka, or a combination thereof, depending upon your tastes and fortitude.
  7. Now pour over rocks, garnish wildly, and squeal like a piggy! Squeal!
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Mary Had A Little Monkey

This is something else…!

  • 1 Good glug of Hot Monkey Vodka straight from the bottle
  • 1 1/4 cups Farmer’s Market Bloody Mary Mix
  • 2-3 Pickled string beans
  • 2 Fine, tall and leafy stalks of celery
  • 1 Generous wedge of lime
  • 1 Copy of the most recent Sunday Edition of the New York Times
  1. Mix Hot Monkey Vodka and Farmer’s Market Bloody Mary Mix together and pour over ice.
  2. Garnish with string bean, celery and lime.
  3. Grab the Sunday Times and enjoy!
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Trunk Monkey

Here is a spicy little number that turned up recently on the bar at The Maiden. We were alerted to this fact by our friends at Yelp who absolutely insisted we post the recipe for it here. (Well, twist our arm!) Here it is, courtesy of Jared in all its original, unabridged glory…enjoy!

  • 1 Lime (2 half-moons), muddled
  • 2 oz Hot Monkey Pepper-Flavored Vodka
  • 1 oz Triple Sec
  • 1.5 to 2 oz Simple Syrup (recipe in our House-made Mixers section)
  • 1 oz Pineapple juice
  • ½ oz Lime juice
  • Dash Grenadine
  1. Muddle limes in cocktail shaker.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients to the shaker, then ice to fill. Shake well.
  3. Strain and serve in a martini glass.
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Rhubarbarella

This cleverly named seasonal cocktail is inspired by a recipe in Scott Beattie’s gorgeous tome, Artisanal Cocktails. It calls for a candied rhubarb syrup that is as simple to make as it is stunning. Make and chill a few batches of the simple syrup ahead of time.

  • 1 3/4 oz New Deal Vodka
  • 3/4 oz Freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 t Lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1/2 oz Candied rhubarb syrup (see recipe below)
  • 3/4 oz Seltzer
  • 10 pieces Candied rhubarb (see recipe below)
  • 2 Mint leaves, sliced lengthwise into thin strips
  1. Combine the vodka, juice, simple syrup and seltzer in a mixing glass and give it a stir.
  2. Add the rhubarb, mint and enough ice to fill the mixing glass.
  3. Cover and shake a few times.
  4. Pour into a short or tall collins glass to serve, and use a straw or knife to distribute the rhubarb pieces and mint throughout the drink.

 

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The Pink Bitch

This is but one of a myriad of lovely ways to give fresh strawberries their due. Recipe courtesy of Ms. Linda Russell, who, incidentally, is neither pink, nor a bitch. Serves 4 quite well.

  • ½ cup Fresh strawberries, sliced, topped with 2 T sugar
  • ¾ cup New Deal Vodka
  • 2 T Freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ½ cup Lemon-lime soda (seek out San Pellegrino Limonata)
  • 1 Thinly sliced lemon wheel, for garnish
  1. Puree strawberries and sugar together in a blender. Strain out seeds if you are so inclined.
  2. Add strawberry puree, New Deal Vodka, lemon juice and soda into a shaker half-filled with ice.
  3. Shake well and strain over ice into four rocks glasses.
  4. Garnish with lemon wheel.
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Vodka Soda with Grapefruit & Lemongrass

This effervescent cocktail is light and refreshing, and couldn’t be simpler to make. It’s the perfect antithesis to an overload of gingerbread cookies, stuffing, and Aunt Noreen’s green bean casserole. Kudos to Bradley Dawson at Belly Timber for the inspiration ….

  • 1 oz Hot Monkey Pepper-Flavored Vodka
  • 2 T LOFT Lemongrass Cello
  • 1 bottle Izze Sparkling Grapefruit Juice
  1. Fill a glass with ice.
  2. Add Hot Monkey Vodka and LOFT Lemongrass Cello. Give it a quick stir.
  3. Fill glass with Izze Sparkling Grapefruit Juice.
  4. You could garnish with a stalk of lemongrass, but who has lemongrass just sitting around in their kitchen? We don’t. Do you?
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Yellow Submarine

The perfect cure for the Blue Meanies. Adapted from a recipe served at East End’s ‘Den’.

  1. Drop ice cubes into a tall glass
  2. Add New Deal Vodka and lemon juice
  3. Fill with Izze Sparkling Clementine Juice, and mix.
  4. Float Jamaican Bitters over the top of a spoon into finished drink.garnish with orange slice.
  5. Garnish with orange slice.
  6. Combine the simple syrup, ginger and orange in an airtight container.
  7. Cover and shake well.
  8. Cut the beet into several slices and add it to the syrup.
  9. Cut the ends of the rhubarb so that the stalks are a uniform length, and then chop into 1/4-inch pieces. Add the rhubarb to the simple syrup mixture and gently stir.
  10. Place the container in the refrigerator and stir a few more times over the next 24 hours so thee beets bleed their color evenly.
  11. Once the color is red enough, remove and discard the beets and ginger.
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The City of Roses

Now this is what ladies drink . . . .

  • 2 oz New Deal Vodka
  • 1 T Vanilla Simple Syrup (recipe in our House-made Mixers section)
  • 1 T Lemon juice, freshly squeezed
  • 1/8 t Rose Water
  • Splash cranberry juice, for color
  • Orange wheel or sugared rose petals for garnish
  1. Pour vodka, vanilla simple syrup, lemon juice and rose water into a shaker over ice.
  2. Shake well and pour into a chilled martini glass.
  3. Add a small splash of cranberry juice and garnish.
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The Carmen Miranda

This cocktail is a labor of love celebrating the flavors and colors of summer in the Pacific Northwest. The quantities listed below yield one cocktail, but you’ll want to share, so don’t be shy…go get yourself an entire Hermiston seedless watermelon–or two! And don’t hesitate to pick up at least a pint of those lovely little pineapple tomatillos from Sungold Farms in Verboort, now appearing each Saturday at the Portland Farmer’s Market in the Park Blocks. The extras will make an irresistible salsa.

  • ¾ oz Hot Monkey Pepper-Flavored Vodka
  • 3 oz Fresh watermelon juice
  • 3 oz Pineapple juice
  • ¼ t Pineapple tomatillo puree
  • 1 Splash Orange juice
  • 1 Splash Freshly-squeezed lime juice
  1. Remove papery husks and stems from a pint of pineapple tomatillos. Place in blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
  2. Strain pineapple tomatillo puree through fine sieve, or over two layers of cheesecloth.
  3. Cut watermelon into chunks and work through a fine sieve – this is a messy job, but well worth the effort. If time is a factor, send the chunks through a blender and move on.
  4. Fill an 8 oz. highball 3/4 of the way with ice.
  5. Pour Hot Monkey Pepper-Flavored Vodka over ice.
  6. Mix equal parts watermelon juice and pineapple juice in a separate container to taste. Depending upon the watermelon you use, you might wish add a little more or a little less to the mix. The key is to find the color and flavor that suit you perfectly.
  7. Add juice mixture to the highball, top with the pineapple tomatillo puree, and stir well.
  8. Add the slightest splashes of orange and lime juice to taste.
  9. Garnish cocktail with a pineapple tomatillo skewered onto a toothpick and topped with a thin wheel of lime. You could also add a cube of watermelon if you are so inclined and prefer an extra degree of ‘razmatazz’.
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The New Deal Muddy Puddle

By on January 26, 2012 in Mudpuddle Recipes

This is probably the best chocolate milk you will ever taste. Ever. In your life.

  • 2 oz Mud Puddle Chocolate Vodka
  • 1 1/2 oz Kahlua
  • 3 oz. Half & Half
  • 1 drop Regan’s Orange Bitters (optional)

Pour Mud Puddle, Kahlua and Half & Half over ice in a rocks glass, stir, add orange bitters (if using) and stir again. No garnish is called for – just sip at your leisure.

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