SPICY CAJUN PICKLED GREEN BEANS AND CARROTS
You'll find these pickled green beans everywhere in New Orleans, especially in bloody marys! These are super easy, they pack a punch, and are great for snacking, for sandwiches, and of course, bloody marys.
Provided by Elizabeth Lindemann
Categories Pickles
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Fit as many green beans and carrots as you can into a jar, vertically.
- Add the garlic and bay leaf to the jar, using a chopstick or something similar to slide them down the sides of the jar.
- Add oregano, thyme, cayenne pepper, celery seed, and peppercorns directly to the jar.
- Bring vinegar, water, sugar, and salt to a boil in a small saucepan to make a brine, stirring to make sure sugar and salt are dissolved.
- Pour brine over vegetables in jar, making sure to cover all the vegetables and fill to the top.
- Allow jar to cool, and keep in refrigerator for 6 months. These will taste best if you allow them to sit in the fridge at least overnight, and the flavor will intensify as time goes on.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 58 kcal, Carbohydrate 11 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 1772 mg, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 6 g, ServingSize 1 serving
CAJUN BLOODY MARY WITH PICKLED VEGETABLES
This is excellent for "The Morning After"! Goes down really well and provides a little something to chew on, too. Arrange at least four or five different kinds of pickled vegetables on four or five dishes. Generally speaking, "long" vegetables work best as stirrers. But "short" vegetables can work too, as long as you thread several of each on a toothpick or 6-inch bamboo skewer.
Provided by Witch Doctor
Categories Beverages
Time 20m
Yield 4 ounce cups, 36 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Working in batches, puree the canned tomatoes and their thick puree in a food processor until smooth. You should have a rich liquid with no lumps.
- Combine the puree with the tomato juice in a large bowl, blending well.
- Add the celery salt, sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, cayenne, Tabasco, and vodka. Season with salt; you may need more than you expect to bring up the flavor of the mix (canned tomatoes have less salt than tomato juice). Keep the mixture cold.
- For each serving, fill an 8-ounce tumbler with ice cubes. Pour about 4 ounces of the Bloody Mary mixture over the ice, which should almost fill the glass. Garnish with pickled vegetables, at least three pieces per drink.
- Vegetable Garnishes
- Here are a few specific ideas:
- Pickled Okra. This, of course, is the perfect garnish for a Cajun Bloody Mary. Strive to find it! Luckily, a company called Talk 0' Texas makes pickled okra in two varieties (I prefer the "hot"), and distributes the product to supermarkets across the country.
- Pickled String Beans. This is another pickled vegetable you often see in Louisiana Bloodies. A Washington State company called Hogue Farms makes a pickled string bean that is widely distributed.
- Pickled Asparagus Spears. Hogue Farms makes this as well.
- Pepperoncini. Also called "Tuscan peppers," and available in most supermarkets across the U.S.
- Pickled Cocktail Onions. Available everywhere. I like to thread three of them on a fancy toothpick, then assemble dozens of these picks on a plate.
- Pimiento-Stuffed Olives. Choose smaller olives, and arrange on toothpicks like the cocktail onions.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 32.2, Sodium 110.4, Carbohydrate 2.7, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 2.2, Protein 0.4
NEW ORLEANS BLOODY MARY
Let the good times roll with a New Orleans Bloody Mary.
Provided by Susannah Brinkley Henry
Categories Cocktails
Time 5m
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Place Bloody Mary rim salt on a plate. Rub a lemon wedge around the edge of a Collins or Highball glass. Roll the rim of the glasses in the salt to coat the rim. Add ice cubes to the glass.
- To a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add vodka, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, cajun hot sauce, horseradish, creole seasoning, celery salt, sea salt, and black pepper.
- Shake well and pour into the prepared glass. Top with crawfish bitters. Embellish with your favorite garnishes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 241 calories, Carbohydrate 9 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 1 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 1 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, SaturatedFat 0 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 2564 milligrams sodium, Sugar 6 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams unsaturated fat
SPICY CAJUN BLOODY MARY MIX
I made gallons and gallons of this stuff during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter this year. It's delightfully spicy and flavorful without being over powered with heat.
Provided by graniteangel
Categories Beverages
Time 10m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mix all ingredients together in a pitcher or jug of some sort until the creole seasoning is completely dissolved. I like to use an empty gallon jug or something with a top so I can shake all the ingredients together. You can use right away, but I prefer to let it sit in the fridge and "mingle" for a few hours.
- When making drinks with the mix try rimming your glasses with creole seasoning. Pickled green beans, pickled okra, lemon, lime and of course an olive make for a wonderfully garnished spicy cajun mary.
- You can always add more or less creole seasoning and tabasco to taste.
- Make sure to have extra tomato juice on hand to "dilute" to people's personal taste preference. I sometimes had to add half mix and half juice for my customers who couldn't handle the heat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 46.2, Fat 0.2, Sodium 685.6, Carbohydrate 11.5, Fiber 1, Sugar 9, Protein 1.9
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