Fresh Garden Inspired Mocktail

Tomato Water

Ingredients

• 5 lbs. ripe tomatoes
• 1 lb. celery
• 2 each cucumbers (peeled)
• 1 each jalapeno pepper
• 4 sprigs dill
• 1 tbsp. sea salt
• 2 each 12-inch sheets of cheese cloth

Method

• Wash all vegetables and roughly chop
• Working in batches, puree in a blender until smooth
• Line a strainer with 2 sheets of cheese cloth that have been unfolded
• Place the strainer over a 1-gallan plastic container
• Gentle ladle the puree onto the cheese cloth
• Place the entire strainer and container set up into a refrigerator overnight

You will have roughly 4 cups of clear tomato water. You can use the leftover pulp to make a delicious gazpacho.

Mocktail (Makes 4 drinks)

Ingredients

• 3 Cups Tomato Water
• 1 Cup Seedlip Garden 108
• 1 tsp. Worcestershire
• 1 tsp. Fennel Pollen
• 8 each Cherry Tomatoes (blanched and peeled)
• 4 each Cucumber Ribbons (use a vegetable peeler to make a 6 inch ribbon)
• 4 each Jalapeno Rings (thinly sliced jalapeno soaking in ice water)
• 4 each Forge Ice Spheres
• 4 each Rocks Glasses

Method

• Mix tomato water, Seedlip Garden 108 and Worcestershire in a small pitcher or beaker.
• Gently dab 1/2 of the rim of each glass on a damp paper towel and dab into the fennel pollen.
• Line the glasses with the cucumber ribbon in a spiral motion.
• Add a Forge sphere to each glass.
• Pour the tomato mixture around the sphere. Top with 2 tomatoes and 1 jalapeno ring.
• Enjoy!