Clarified Tomato Martini

GLASSWARE: thrifted, but here’s similar

This clarified tomato martini will go down in history as one of my favorite drinks to date! The flavor is so savory, so unique, and delicious — especially if you’re a tomato lovaaaa like myself. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it!

Ingredients:

• 1 oz cherry tomato juice

• ¼ oz simple syrup

• ½ oz lemon juice

• 4 drops white balsamic vinegar

• 2 cracks black pepper + pinch of salt

• 2½ oz parmesan rind infused vodka

• 1 oz whole milk

• garnish: olive oil + cherry tomato

Directions:

1. Muddle a handful of cherry tomatoes and strain it through a fine mesh strainer to extract 1 ounce of tomato juice.

2. Add the juice, simple syrup, lemon juice, white balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, and vodka, to a jar and give it a quick stir. Slowly add the ounce of whole milk and let the mixture sit for about an hour or two in the refrigerator.

3. Line a fine mesh strainer with a damp coffee filter and strain the entire mixture into another jar. Be mindful not to mix or force the liquid to drain, let gravity do its work!!

4. Give it a quick stir with ice to chill it down, and then strain it into a chilled stemmed glass (or drink it over ice!). Garnish with a few drops of olive oil and a cherry tomato.

PARMESAN VODKA

To infused the vodka with parmesan, add 1 rind per cup of vodka that you plan on infusing to a jar (I used 2, 1-inch rind chunks for 2 cups of vodka). Give it a shake and store it in the freezer overnight. The next day, strain it through a fine mesh sieve lined with cheese cloth. Store it in the fridge and it should last about two months.

PSST! THIS IS THE STUFF I USED:

• REYKA VODKA

• COLAVITA WHITE BALSAMIC VINEGAR