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Bloody Caesar Recipe

• 3 mins
• Prep: 3 mins,
• Cook: 0 mins
• Yield: 1 Cocktail

The Bloody Caesar is sometimes referred to simply as a Caesar and is a slight variation of the Bloody Mary. It's a popular drink in Canada and has some very dedicated fans, but it may not be for everyone.

This recipe replaces the tomato juice of the Bloody Mary with clamato juice (clam and tomato juice). The rest of the drink is almost exactly the same, though, just like the Bloody Mary, you can customize it. Add more hot sauce or choose an alternative to Tabasco, if you like. Garnish it with a pickle or stick with the celery. There are many options.

The Reindeer Caesar (below) and Forty Creek Caesar are two recipes that have changed up the mix just a little bit and can serve as inspiration for your own Caesar experiments.

If you love clamato, the Bloody Caesar makes a great brunch cocktail and another option that may help alleviate hangover pains.

What You'll Need

• 1 1/2 ounces vodka
• 4 ounces clamato juice
• 2 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
• Dash Tabasco Sauce
• Lime wedge
• Pepper to taste
• Celery salt
• Celery stalk for garnish

How to Make It

1. Rim a highball glass with the juice from the lime wedge and a combination of celery salt and salt.
2. Add the vodka and clamato juice.
3. Season with pepper, Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces to taste.
4. Stir well.
5. Garnish with a celery stick.

Reindeer Caesar Cocktail Recipe

A slightly easier version of a Bloody Caesar, the Reindeer Caesar is a great morning drink. The main difference between the two is that this one adds a sprinkle of nutmeg, thus the holiday and reindeer connection.

You can also rim the glass using lemon juice and sea salt.

• 1 1/2 ounces vodka
• 6 ounces clamato juice
• 2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• Pinch of nutmeg

Uncle Bill's Caesar - Canadian Style

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Ingredients Nutrition

• 1 ⁄₂fresh lemon, for rub on glass rim
• 1 teaspoon celery salt, for glass rim rub
• 2 fluid ounces good quality vodka, more if desired
• 1 ⁄₂ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh horseradish or 1 teaspoon pure prepared horseradish
• 6 fluid ounces mott's Clamato juice (No subsitutes unless you cannot have Clam juice)
• 2 dashes Tabasco sauce (optional) or 2 dashes red hot pepper sauce (optional)
• 1 piece of young celery rib, incluing the leaves (from the middle of the stock)

Directions

1. Rub lemon around rim of glass.
2. Measure celery salt to a flat saucer.
3. Turn glass in celery salt to coat rim.
4. To the glass, add Vodka, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, horseradish, Clamato juice, Tabasco sauce and stir well to blend.
5. Place a young stick of celery, pickled bean or pickled asparagus as a garnish and it is good to chew on.
6. Eat and drink slowly.
7. Note: A pickled spicy bean or an pickled asparagus spear are also excellent for a garnish in the drink.
8. Mott's Clamato juice is available in regular or spicy mix.

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Nutrition Info

Serving Size: 1 (252 g)

Servings Per Recipe: 1

Amt. Per Serving % Daily Value Calories 230.2 Calories from Fat 4 2% Total Fat 0.5 g 0% Saturated Fat 0 g 0% Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 686.8 mg 28% Total Carbohydrate 26.8 g 8% Dietary Fiber 3.4 g 13% Sugars 6.4 g 25% Protein 1.8 g 3%

The Caesar Cocktail, aka the Canadian Bloody Mary Recipe

Although the Caesar (the cocktail, not the salad) is a drink reminiscent of my wayward twenties and several queasy morning-afters, I still have a very soft spot for this tomato-based cocktail. Okay, I wasn’t actually that wayward, though perhaps my story about the Kamikaze shots had you thinking otherwise. At the end of a long dinner shift at the restaurant where I worked during some of my university years, the staff would line up at the bar with the vodka, Clamato juice, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco sauce to make some stiff cocktails. Who said these babies need to be relegated to brunch on Sundays?

If you’ve never heard of a Caesar that doesn’t involve romaine lettuce and creamy dressing, you’re not alone. It likely means that you are neither a Canadian nor a regular visitor to my maple-leafed homeland. In fact, you are probably thinking that the drink in the picture looks suspiciously like a Bloody Mary. However, there are several distinct differences, starting with the Clamato juice. This juice, as the name suggests, is a mixture of tomato juice and clam broth and is found on the shelves of most supermarkets in the United States. I know the flavor combination sounds questionable, but you really can’t taste the clams. At least I can’t. In fact, I prefer it over tomato juice because it is not as thick and makes the cocktail go down more smoothly than a Bloody Mary.

The Clamato juice is mixed with vodka, kicked up with Worcestershire and Tabasco sauce (I like mine spicy) and served in a glass rimmed with celery salt. Traditionally, it is served with a rib of celery, but I also toss in a couple of pimento-stuffed olives. The big ones. I always save them to the end because, after marinating in the cocktail, they become little drunken orbs of joy.

So, who the heck thought of this crazy drink combination? As the story goes, the Caesar was invented in 1969 by Walter Chell, who was given the task of coming up with a signature drink for a new Italian restaurant opening in Calgary. Chell found inspiration in the classic Italian dish, Spaghetti alle Vongole (Spaghetti with Clams). The Caesar became an instant sensation and continues to be so popular that, in 2009, a petition was started to make the Caesar into Canada’s national drink. Move over Molson…here comes the Clamato.

If a petition isn’t enough to convince you, then perhaps this purported statistic will: Over 350 million Caesars are consumed each year in Canada. There are only 34 million people living in Canada. So, either we’re filling up the mountain water holes with Caesars (which might explain some of those drunken moose stories) or we think these cocktails are pretty darn tasty. So, get out there and pick up some Clamato juice and I’ll raise my Caesar-filled glass to you. Eh?

Spread the celery salt onto a small plate. Rub the rim of one 12-ounce glass with a lime wedge. Turn the glass upside down and dip the rim of the glass into the celery salt. Repeat with remaining 3 glasses.

Fill each glass with ice cubes. Divide the vodka equally between the 4 glasses. Pour Clamato juice into each glass.

Season each Caesar with several dashes of Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces, to desired spiciness. Stir each cocktail with a stir stick. Garnish with celery sticks, olives and remaining lime wedges. Serve.

More of my favorite cocktails:

The Caesar Cocktail, aka the Canadian Bloody Mary

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup celery salt
• 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges
• Ice cubes
• 6 oz. vodka
• 32 oz. Clamato juice
• Several dashes of Worcestershire sauce for each
• Several dashes of Tabasco sauce for each
• 4 long ribs of celery
• 8 pimento-stuffed olives (optional)

Instructions

1. Spread the celery salt onto a small plate. Rub the rim of one 12-ounce glass with a lime wedge. Turn the glass upside down and dip the rim of the glass into the celery salt. Repeat with remaining 3 glasses.
2. Fill each glass with ice cubes. Divide the vodka equally between the 4 glasses. Pour Clamato juice into each glass.
3. Season each Caesar with several dashes of Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces, to desired spiciness. Stir each cocktail with a stir stick.
4. Garnish with celery sticks, olives and remaining lime wedges. Serve.

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Great photo Dara, candadian bloody cocktail could be on my table right now at 7am looks and sounds delicious! Its healthy too with the vegetables (smile) I want one!

This is a staple at my house whenever I venture home! Oh how I love a good caesar!

We’re not Canadian, but my family loves these cocktails. So much better than using tomato juice!

In my world the olives are NOT optional and this is what Sunday mornings are made of! 🙂

This morning anything bigger than an olive would be brunch and besides it matches up with the pizza I have,well I hope its a pizza, HO,Ho.

I still have a caesar once in a while. Is Clamato juice available in the States?

Of course it is available! Right beside all the other tomato juice products. I love the stuff.

What a great drink. I love the celery salt on the rim and the spiciness of it. It’s pretty to look at too.

My husband claims that making the perfect Caesar is difficult to achieve. I may have to use this recipe to prove him wrong!

I see I’m not the only one with booze on the brain! This looks fabulous! I love bloody mary’s so I’m certain I’ll love this, too.

Bloody Mary’s are my all time favorite drink (when done well). I’d be ALL over this drink. Clam juice and all!

We have a special twist on ours – a tablespoon or so of pickle juice! (We’re partial to Claussen pickle juice, maybe even pickle juice snobs). And of course we garnish with a pickle spear!

I do find quite a big difference in the flavour of US Clamato vs. Canadian Clamato. I really can’t stomach the US stuff, so I suppose I’m a snob in that respect too 🙂

Bob Helgesen says

Having never had the Canadian Clamato, is there that big of a difference? I know the American style works quite well with most of my Canadian friends, I’ve never had one turned down!

These look really good, Dara, and that comes from a girl who has never liked Bloody Marys. Hmmm. Love the celery salt on the rim, too!

Oh my I could use this about now. Pinning now!

I like a little horseradish in mine!

Great post Dara. Funny I didn’t know that Caesar was a Canadian drink. Growing up in Ontario, I just always knew of this drink and assumed those south of the border drank them as well. They are far better than bloody mary’s (in my humble opinion). Have a great weekend and enjoy the football! Go Giants! Go Eli!

This will forever be immortalized as the drink that my sis-in-law made for me every Christmas when our family arrived to visit the in-laws after a long ferry/driving journey. She, and we, add almost anything pickled instead of the celery; green bean, asparagus spear, they all come pickled and ready to spark up this fabulous drink. For those who think it might be weird…just TRY IT ! Remember, at one time in history, pizza was weird too.

No way can anyone resist a Caesar!

One suggestion, pour Worcestershire & Tabasco on the ice, then add the vodka, then stir, then add the clamato and stir again.

I also add a dash of salt and pepper on top.

Gorgeous photographs! I love Bloody Caesars even though I tend to prefer my Marys on the thick side. Some of those million servings were probably me.

Such a pretty drink!

Even if I’m not much for drinks, I can appreciate this drink and especially these gorgeous photos.

You’re right, I’ve never heard of the drink, but have certainly heard of the Bloody Mary.

But then, I’ve never made it to Canada yet, and I also don’t care too much for tomato juice. But it sure is a beautiful colorful drink. 🙂

You definitely need the salt and pepper on top and a splash of lime juice too. At least according to my husband who makes the best Caesars ever!

Stunning photos Dara!

My hubby would give you big hugs for this!

Hands down my all-time favourite cocktail. And in my days working in bars I probably made thousands of them. Literally. Love the pics, Dara! Really great stuff.

I love this version of a Bloody Mary! It was already one of my favorite cocktails and I think yours with the Clamato juice might be even more delicious.

just calling this the Caesar cocktail makes me want it! 🙂 this sounds delicious and the photos are stunning! cheers!

Love this!! Almost too pretty to drink… almost 🙂

We love your version of Bloody Mary, and the use of cellery salt is just perfect!

What a gorgeous picture! I feel a little left out of all the fun… I wonder how it would taste as a “mocktail?” I think I’ll try turning it into one and let you know how it goes.

love a good mary, this one sounds like it hits the spot

My favorite drink ever! I just didn’t know that I had been fixing the Canadian version all along. 😀

Bloody Marys are my FAVORITE. I am drooling and sad because I have to wait 5 more months til baby is here to enjoy one!!

lol me too… I’m thinking of making myself a virgin…

As a confessed Clamatoholic, I LOVE this version. And the olives are wonderful! Thank you Dara! (And Sandy, it does make a wonderful mocktail!)

Love the celery salt edging on the glass. Tomatoes makes this entirely healthy, right?

These look absolutely stunning! I’m not usually a fan of Bloody Marys but after seeing that photo, I might need to double check!

Motts clamato makes it truly Canadian, and delicious, no other clamato juice I’ve tried comes close!

This is much more sophisticated than those Kamikazes. Thank goodness for that. Pretty miss Dara 🙂

you read my Superbowl mind and have solved all of my non-football needs. LOVE a BM in the AM! XO

its my favourite i am from toronto but make it with gin insted of vodka it will give it so much flavour you will never have it with vodka again

Yum. One of my favourites. Better than celery? Pickled spicy green beans, or pickled asparagus.

Also, some people make them with horseradish in them. Also tasty.

Save-on-Meats, a local diner in Vancouver, makes peperoni infused vodka to use in their caesars. Oh man are they good.

I hate vodka, so I make my version of the Bloody Mary with light rum. For the tomato, I use the zippy version of V-8 (how healthy am I?), throw in some Worcestershire and nirvana! I like the idea of the olives, though, maybe some pickled garlic, too. Mmmm, good thinking. If I hadn’t already had dinner, I’d be making a cocktail now!

What a delicious collection of recipes. Every single one looks bette than the last.

One of my favourite drinks and a Canadian classic. For garnish though you can’t beat spicy, pickled green beans or asparagus vs. celery.

A Bloody Mary is the drink of choice at the Hamlin House on every holiday. I’ll have to try it Canadian Style – another AWESOME for them is Zing Zang, and a spear of pickled okra. 2/3 of the Lafayette Trails Runners went this morning, it has finally cooled down in St. Louis and was in the 70s at 7 when we hit the trail. Yay!

American clamato is very different than what can be found in Canada. Here’s a great compromise when in the US – use a spicy tomato juice and mix with about 50% American clamato. Spice and garnish as per your normal recipe!

We are from the US and have been fishing in Canada for over 20 years. Year before last it was very hot, so instead of cooking we went to a local bar to eat..only 2 places to eat where we fish and one is a bar. So we went eat and saw these people drinking the most wonderful looking drinks WITH DILL PICKLES which I happen to love. We asked what they were at they said they were Caeser’s Canadian Style. The recipe is all the same except…..they used season salt around with rim with lime juice, and instead of celery they put a dill pickle spear down the middle. IT IS WONDERFUL. So that is the only way we ever have had them. As a matter of fact, just had one. lol Was great.

Molson Canadian beer is brewed in Belgium. So there’s plenty of room for the caesar to be our drink!

The other day, while I was at work, my cousin stole my iphone and tested to see if it can

survive a thirty foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation.

My iPad is now destroyed and she has 83 views.

I know this is completely off topic but I had to share it with someone!

Tony E. Medlin says

I love the recipe but use Tequila instead of Vodka. I suppose it becomes a Caesaro, a Caesarian? I need help getting the right name for it.

LOL. I think you’re on the right track, Tony! I’ll have to try it with tequila sometime.

Actually in Mexico its quite popular and its called Vampiro.

bloody ceaser says

Please please please put pickle juice and a pickle in this recipe

Kim Dryden says

Hi! I was introduced to the Caesar in 2013 while in Montreal in 2013 awaiting a Marillion 3 day concert weekend. Had asked for a Bloody Mary, to be met with a blank look. She suggested a Caesar, so I said sure… Oh my gosh! Was FAR superior to the US version, truly. I do not deal with “heat” all that well, so unless home made, did not tolerate Bloody Mary’s terribly well. But the Caesar? An epiphany. I now drink ONLY that at home here in the States, and twice as much while in Canada for the concert weekends. 🙂

I made it at home, a perfect beverage!

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A Classic Caesar Cocktail with a Pickle Twist (aka the Best Way to Enjoy a Caesar Ever!)

A caesar cocktail made with vodka, savory calmato juice, a few dashes of worcestershire, a few more dashes of tabasco sauce, a good squeeze of lime, and our secret pickled ingredient.

Among our family, friends and most Canadians, the Caesar cocktail is a staple! They are a common occurrence on any camping trip, weekend lunch, or brunch on the patio. They are especially good the morning after getting a little too carried away, if you know what I mean… Plus, we make the best caesar cocktail around. In my opinion, of course… lol.

So with Ceaser cocktails being so big in our family, my younger sister Sam and my daughter Jessica both wanted to learn how to make the famous concoction. So we taught them, Debbie and I both thinking, “Great! Now we dont have to make them!” However, as the years have passed, I have heard the two of them say, “I make the best Caesar” many times which is funny to the rest of us because one, ummm…, who taught you how to make those Caesar’s? And two, you don’t even drink them so how do you know?! But hey, if that’s what it takes to get a drink made for me then yup, you definitely make the best Caesar. Ill take two! And to be truthful, both of them make the best Caesars ever!

The secret ingredient in our caesar cocktail is… Pickle juice! Yup, that’s it. I know for some people it sounds very weird and I get a funny look when I order a side of pickle juice with my caesar at a restaurant. But those of you who have tried it, you know what I’m talking about. And hey, don’t knock it till you try it. And actually, if you have spicy bean juice handy, that works just as well or better yet, throw in a little of both!

If that wasn’t enough of a twist for you, we recently made our own Savory Infused Vodkas that made our caesar cocktail pretty incredible, if I do say so myself. You must check them out!

History lesson for the day: Apparently the Caesar cocktail was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1969. It quickly became a popular cocktail within Canada and now over 350 million Caesars are consumed annually and every restaurant and pub has their own special version. However, outside of Canada, ordering a caesar will often get you a very confused look.

Its crazy to us Canadidan’s that even in the US, its hard to order a Caesar. Except for Vegas! Instead you get a Bloody Mary which doesn’t hold a candle to the Caesar (imo!). We Canadians can get a little obsessive about our Caesar cocktails! I met a group of Canadian girls while traveling in Thailand who had brought a few small bottles of clamato juice with them on their backpacking trek and they generously shared one with me. How very Canadian of them, eh?!

Where to get Clamato Juice for this Caesar Cocktail:

In Canada, we can get Clamato juice at any grocery store. I’m not certain about the US or elsewhere, but you can get some online here:

A Classic Caesar Cocktail with a Pickle Twist

A caesar cocktail with vodka, calmato juice, a dash worcestershire, a dash tabasco sauce, a squeeze of lime, and our secret pickled ingredient. Pickles!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Calories 213 kcal

Author Julie & Debbie

Ingredients

• Celery salt or Montreal Steak Spice for the rim
• 2-3 Lime wedges
• 2 oz Vodka
• 2 oz Pickle juice or more to taste
• 6 oz Clamato Juice
• 2-3 dashes Worcestershire Sauce or more to taste
• 2-3 dashes Tabasco or more to taste
• 1/4 tsp Celery salt or Montreal Steak Spice to sprinkle on top

Instructions

Take a lime wedge and run it around the top rim of your glass, then dunk the rim in the celery salt or montreal steak spice. Fill the glass with ice.

Pour in the vodka and the pickle juice. Squeeze in some lime juice ( I like at least 2 wedges, but I usually have a bit more. I like it limy). Fill the glass with clamato juice.

Add the worcestershire and tabasco and sprinkle some montreal steak spice in, or you can use garlic plus, or lemon pepper. whatever you like. Give it a good stir.

Garnish with pickles, cheese, pepperoni or spicy beans, or olives or whatever you like.

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How to Make the Perfect Caesar Every Time

For Canadians, caesars are like hockey games, Tim Hortons, or even, dare I say, denim-on-denim. It defines us, unites us, and just makes us who we are. It’s the signature drink on most patios, a staple on every menu and the one bevvie we always seem to be in the mood for.

They can however, be a tad difficult to make. Opt for tomato juice instead of Clamato, or too much Worcestershire and not enough hot sauce, and it’s all too easy for your caesar to become an undrinkable disaster.

I’m speaking from experience here.

And so, since it’s pretty much our obligation as citizens of this home and native land to master the art of creating the perfect caesar, I’ve put together a little how-to guide to help you (read: me) get it right every time.

So, what do you do? Start by mixing the ingredients. But before you start pouring, please note that the order of ingredients does matter.

Start with a rimmed glass, fill it with ice, add the Worcestershire, followed by Clamato juice, hot sauce, vodka, and then season with salt and pepper. An easy way to remember the order of ingredients is to start with the cheaper ones and work your way up.

When it comes to the garnish, here’s your time to be creative. Go the conventional route with a long piece of celery, or grab a skewer and make a combo with pickles and olives. But if you’re really looking to earn some extra hostess points, add a piece of bacon, or better yet, a juicy slider burger. Because you know, why not?

No matter what garnish you decide to use, I love finishing off the cocktail with a fun straw, like this red and white stripe version from Party City ($5).

And there you have it: an easy, fail-proof recipe for Canada’s number one cocktail.

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  Stampede Caesar

  Stampede Caesar

  The Calgary Stampede is a world-famous Canadian summertime tradition and the province’s legendary beef is a mainstay on any menu. Beef up this Caesar with beef stock (a must-have ingredient for this one), a piece of AAA Alberta beef on a skewer for garnish, and a steak spice rimmer on the glass. It’s time to say “Howdy, partner!”

  1 oz. Iceberg Vodka

  4 dashes Worcestershire

  2 dashes hot sauce

  3 pinches steak spice

  3 grinds fresh cracked salt and black pepper

  1 oz beef stock

  3 oz. Caesar Cocktail Mix

  Griller Alberta flank steak on a skewer

  Fresh cracked salt and black pepper with steak spice

  1. Rim a highball glass with citrus and rimmer.

  2. Fill tge glass to the top with ice.

  3. Add the ingredients in order listed.

  4. Stir well to mix up the cocktail and garnish.

  

  Fireworks Caesar

  Fireworks Caesar

  This Caesar is all about heat! It starts with a spicy spirit, vodka, that’s then topped with garlic, jalapeño — remove the seeds if you want to keep the heat down, or leave them in and fire it up — and green onion. Muddle the mixture goooood and … KA-BOOM!

  3 dashes hot sauce

  2 grinds fresh cracked salt and black pepper

  1⁄2 jalapeño pepper (seeds optional for extra heat)

  1 garlic clove, minced

  1 oz. Iceberg Vodka

  4 oz. Caesar Cocktail Mix

  Spicy prawn on a skewer

  Celery salt with cayenne pepper

  1. In a mixing glass, muddle everything but the Iceberg Vodka and Caesar cocktail mix.

  2. Add Iceberg Vodka and caesar cocktail mix, and stir well to mix and spread flavours around.

  3. Rim a highball glass and fill to the top with ice.

  4. Strain the mixture into the highball glass, and garnish.

  

  Cucumber-Infused Caesar

  Cucumber-Infused Caesar

  Nothing adds coolness and freshness to cocktail like cucumber, and I find it makes a great counterpoint to the savoury nature of the Caesar. It’s essential to muddle the cucumber slices right in the mixing glass, as you would with lime in making a Mojito. It takes a bit more effort, but it’s well, well worth it.

  4 slices cucumber

  2 dashes Tabasco pepper sauce

  3 grinds fresh cracked salt and black peeper

  3 dashes Fresh Cracked Salt and Pepper

  1 oz Iceberg Vodka

  4 oz. Caesar Cocktail Mix

  Cucumber slice, fresh cracked salt and pepper

  Fresh Cracked Salt and Black Pepper

  1. In a mixing glass, muddle everything but the vodka and caesar cocktail mix

  2. Add the Iceberg Vodka and caesar cocktail mix, and stir well to mix and spread the flavours around.

  3. Rim a highball glass and fill to the top with ice.

  4. Strain the mixture into the highball glass, and garnish.

  *Add fresh basil, dill or even mint to the muddle of ingredients for some herbiness. If you can find a cucumber-infused vodka to use, even better as it will lend another layer of cucumber flavour.

  

  Thai Mango Caesar

  Thai Mango Caesar

  Mixing fruit juices into a Caesar is great for people who don’t like the taste of more traditional Caesars, as it sweetens the cocktail. This recipe calls for Sriracha, a popular Thai hot sauce, and it always gets a hugely positive response.

  1 oz. Iceberg Vodka

  1⁄2 barspoon Sriracha hot sauce

  2 grinds fresh cracked black pepper

  1 1⁄2 oz [45 mL] mango nectar

  2 1⁄2 oz [75mL] Caesar Cocktail Mix

  Mango chicken chunks on a skewer [or just mango chunks for ease]

  Fresh Cracked Salt and Black Pepper

  1. Rim a highball glass with citrus and rimmer.

  2. Fill the glass to the top with ice.

  3. Add the ingredients in the order listed.

  4. Stir well to mix up the cocktail and garnish.

  *The flavour of mango pairs well with many different and diverse ingredients, so it’s fun to experiment. A rimmer of lemon pepper seasoning always brightens the mango flavour of the drink.

  

  General Tao Caesar

  General Tao Caesar

  Using a simple marinade sauce, you can make your Caesar taste like the famous General Tao’s chicken. This recipe works well with flavourings from other classic Asian-style dishes—just substitute the General Tao sauce for teriyaki or Szechwan. Whichever sauce you choose, garnish with your favourite meats sauces the same way.

  1 oz. Iceberg Vodka

  1 dash Worcestershire

  2 dashes Thai Chili Hot Sauce

  3 dashes Fresh Cracked Salt and Pepper

  2 barspoons General Tao Sauce

  4 oz. Caesar Cocktail Mix

  General Tao Chicken on a Skewer

  Fresh Cracked Black Pepper on top

  Fresh Cracked Salt and Black Pepper

  1. Rim a highball glass with citrus and rimmer.

  2. Add ice to the brim of the glass.

  3. Add the ingredients in order.

  4. Stir well to mix up the cocktail and garnish.

  

  Caesar Picante Caliente

  Caesar Picante Caliente

  Some Caesar drinkers like their clam cocktail spicy—I mean crazy burning hot. So this one is for you the next time you’re eating your favourite over-the-top foods that burn your mouth, like suicide wings or spicy beef. Picante is Spanish for “spicy” and caliente means “hot.”

  No further translation necessary!

  1 oz. Iceberg Vodka

  4 dashes Worcestershire Sauce

  5 grinds Fresh Cracked Black Pepper

  5 to 10 dashes hot sauce

  4 oz. Caesar Cocktail Mix

  Anything to match to match the heat in the Caesar

  Celery Salt with Cayenne Pepper

  1. Rim a highball glass with citrus and rimmer.

  2. Add ice to the brim of the glass.

  3. Add the ingredients in order.

  4. Stir well to mix up the cocktail and garnish.

  

  Social Caesar

  Social Caesar

  Having some friends over or throwing a party? This easy-to-make punch is easy to prepare for any event, from winter backyard BBQs to TV viewing on game day, and you get to double your garnished as appetizers or snacks!

  750 ml Iceberg Vodka

  1.89L Caesar Cocktail Mix

  1. Set up stations with glasses and rim, ice and punch, and garnish.

  2. Fill the punch bowl with the ingredients and stir well.

  3. Explain to guests the steps to make their drinks. Rim, Ice, Pour, Garnish.

  *Lemons and limes can add a punch of colour to your bowl of punch, and some fresh grated horseradish can be refreshing to the eyes, nose, and tongue.

  Tip: Create a DIY garnish bar for your guests to choose from, for an amazing self-serve set-up. Basic meats, cheeses, and pickles are always nice. Maybe set it up on game day to chicken wings or mini burgers—it’s completely up to you!

  

  'Tis the Season to Caesar

  'Tis the Season to Caesar

  Just like the Thanksgiving Caesar, here’s another do-it-yourself for your guests, perfect for when entertaining during the holiday season. Pull out the punch bowl and set up various stations and let your friends go at it and have fun!

  750ml Iceberg Vodka

  1.89L Caesar Cocktail Mix

  500ml Cranberry Juice

  To taste Hot Sauce

  To taste Worcestershire

  Lemon and Lime Wheels & Cranberries

  1. Set up stations with glasses and rim, ice and punch, and garnish.

  2. Fill the punch bowl with the ingredients and stir well.

  3. Explain to guests the steps to make their drinks. Rim, Ice, Pour, Garnish.

  

  Bacon-ato

  Bacon, bacon, bacon! It really deserves to be a food group all on it’s own. I love bacon so much that I’ve added it to this Caesar in every possible way. Yummmm….

  1 oz. Bacon Infused Iceberg Vodka

  2 dashes Bacon Flavoured Hot Sauce

  3 dash Worcestershire

  5 grinds Fresh Cracked Salt and Pepper

  4 oz. Caesar Cocktail Mix

  Ground Bacon Bits dusted with Fresh Cracked Black Pepper

  1. Rim a highball glass with citrus and rimmer.

  2. Add ice to the brim of the glass.

  3. Add the ingredients in order.

  4. Stir well to mix up the cocktail and garnish.

  *There are many types and flavours of bacon to choose from—peppered, smoked, maple or even peameal—and any of them will work in this recipe. And there are many ways to garnish with bacon, from classic strips to knots, straws, or even full-on sandwiches!

  

  Hot Pickled Caesar

  Hot Pickled Caesar

  One thing that never changes for Caesar fans, regardless of where they live, is their love of sharing their “secret Caesar ingredient.” The funny thing is, so many of us love the same thing: pickle brine! From classic dill or sweet-and-sour to your family recipe, pickle brine in Caesars always taste amazing. Chances are you have a jar of pickles sitting in your refrigerator right now. Pair with brine with a hint of horseradish and you’ve just upped you Caesar game for good.

  1 oz. Iceberg Vodka

  2 dashes Hot Sauce

  3 dashes Caesar Rimmer or Celery Salt

  4 dashes Worcestershire Sauce

  ½ barspoon Extra Hot Horseradish

  ½ oz. Pickle Juice

  4 oz. Caesar Cocktail Mix

  Dill Pickle & Cheese Sandwich

  Caesar Rimmer or Celery Salt

  1. Rim a highball glass with citrus and rimmer.

  2. Add ice to the brim of the glass.

  3. Add the ingredients in order.

  4. Stir well to mix up the cocktail and garnish.

  * To make the garnish, simply slice a baby dill pickle in half length-wise. Then place a similar-sized slice of your favourite cheese in the middle of the two halves and secure with a toothpick. Enjoy!

  Avoid using creamy styles of horseradish, as it will make your Caesar look milky.

  Bloody Caesar

  

  Bloody Caesar

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  • 5 minutes

  Jesse Hildebrand from Winnipeg's Capital K Distillery serves up this beautiful Bloody Caesar cocktail recipe. If you're not familiar with this Canadian classic, a Caesar's special ingredient is a dash of clamato juice – yes, clam-flavoured tomato juice.

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  Jesse Hildebrand from Winnipeg's Capital K Distillery serves up this beautiful Bloody Caesar cocktail recipe. If you're not familiar with this Canadian classic, a Caesar's special ingredient is a dash of clamato juice – yes, clam-flavoured tomato juice.

  

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  Ingredients

  Bloody Caesar

  Steak spice rim

  To garnish

  

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  Bloody Caesar Drink Recipe

  Cousin to the Bloody Mary, the Bloody Caesar (more commonly called just a "Caesar") is a Canadian concoction made using vodka, Clamato juice, seasoning and garnish.

  When compared to a Bloody Mary, a Caesar is slightly saltier, with greater depth of flavour; it does not have an overtly "seafoody" flavour, despite the clam broth.

  Clamato (both a trademarked name but also how the juice is commonly known, no matter the manufacturer) is available at any supermarket or convenience store in Canada but, ironically, can be hard to find in the United States, where it originated. Wal-Mart does carry it in most of its U.S. stores and the juice is popular in Mexico. In Europe and other countries, you may have to search specialty stores or order online.

  The Caesar has its origins in Calgary, Alberta, when a crafty bartender created it to mark the opening of an Italian restaurant. His inspiration was the Italian dish, Spaghetti Vongole (pasta with clams).

  Ingredients:

  • 1-2 ozs of your favorite vodka
  • Clamato juice, either regular or spicy. Motts is the most widely available brand in Canada. Clamato in the U.S. and Mexico. In other countries, try specialty stores or order online.
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • Tabasco sauce or similar hot sauce. Some may even use horseradish or wasabi for the "kick."
  • Celery salt (for rim)
  • Celery stalk and/or pickled bean and/or dill pickle and lime wedge for garnish. Some people like to get creative with Caesar garnishing and may use cold shrimp, antipasto skewers and more.
  • Ice

  Preparation:

  • Put enough lemon or lime juice on a plate to fully cover it.
  • On another, do the same with celery salt.
  • Dip the top of a glass first into the juice and then into the salt to "rim" it.
  • Fill the glass with ice.
  • Pour Worcestershire sauce into glass to the count of three (three good, solid shakes).
  • Add Tabasco to taste: for heat-lovers, 7-10 drops.
  • Add 1-2 ounces of vodka (or no vodka for virgin Caesar).
  • Top with Clamato juice.
  • Garnish with celery stalk and lime wedge (or dill pickle, pickled bean or asparagus, or cold shrimp) and enjoy your Bloody Caesar.

  Variations on the above standard Bloody Caesar recipe include replacing the Tabasco with horseradish.

  Bloody Caesar

  Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons plus 1/2 teaspoon celery salt, divided
  • 1 lime, quartered
  • 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 24 ounces canned clamato juice
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated, or bottled horseradish (optional)
  • 6 ounces vodka

  Directions

  Place 3 tablespoons celery salt in a thin layer in a small dish or shallow bowl. Take empty serving glasses and moisten their rims with a lime wedge. Dip rims in celery salt to coat. Shake off excess.

  In a pitcher, mix lime juice, Clamato juice, Worcestershire, hot pepper sauce, pepper, remaining celery salt, horseradish and vodka. Stir. Pour into glasses over ice.

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