Boiled Merry

Name: Boiled Merry
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 tablespoon olive oil; 1 16-ounce can peeled Italian tomatoes; 1 small white onion, minced; 1 red pepper, seeded and veined, chopped coarse; 1/4 teaspoon red bell pepper flakes; 4 cups cold water; 1/2 teaspoon celery seeds; 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce; 2 dashes Tabasco sauce; 1 teaspoon fresh grated horseradish; Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice; 16 ounces tequila or vodka

By Molly O'Neill

Total Time: 10 minutes, plus 1 hour's simmering
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Ingredients

Yield:8 servings

½tablespoon olive oil
116-ounce can peeled Italian tomatoes
1small white onion, minced
1red pepper, seeded and veined, chopped coarse
¼teaspoon red bell pepper flakes
4cups cold water
½teaspoon celery seeds
1teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
2dashes Tabasco sauce
1teaspoon fresh grated horseradish
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1tablespoon fresh lime juice
16ounces tequila or vodka

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Preparation

Step 1
Warm the olive oil in a soup pan over low heat and cook the onion and red pepper until soft, about five minutes. Add the bell pepper flakes, tomatoes and water and simmer for one hour.
Step 2
Add the celery seeds, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce and horseradish and puree the mixture well in a blender. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and adjust the seasoning with salt, black pepper and additional Tabasco. Gently warm the mixture and ladle into mugs. To each add a squeeze of fresh lime and two shots of tequila or vodka and serve.