Ingredients
3 stalks celery, cut into 2-inch pieces
6 cups tomato juice
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 2 to 3 lemons)
3 tablespoons lightly packed grated peeled fresh horseradish
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 to 2 teaspoons hot sauce, such as Tabasco
Freshly ground pepper
Black lava salt and coarsely ground black pepper, for rim
1 lemon wedge
2 ounces black vodka, such as Blavod
2 small stalks celery, for garnish
Preparation
Bloody Mary Mix: Pulse celery in a food processor until finely chopped. Add 2 cups tomato juice and puree until smooth. Transfer to a pitcher and stir in remaining 4 cups tomato juice, lemon juice, horseradish, Worcestershire, celery salt, hot sauce, and pepper. Cover and refrigerate at least 12 hours and up to 2 days.
Shooters: Stir together equal parts salt and pepper on a small plate. Rub lemon wedge around the rims of two double shot (3-ounce) glasses. Dip rims into salt and pepper mixture.
Pour 2 ounces Bloody Mary mix into bottom of each glass (reserve remaining Bloody Mary mix for another use). Holding a spoon upside down over the top of the glass, slowly pour 1 ounce vodka over spoon into each glass (vodka should sit on top of Bloody Mary mix and create a layer of black). Garnish with celery.
