Have you ever used the Silver Palate or Silver Palate Good Times cookbooks? If not, you are missing out on some of the best pre-Oprah magazine advice! Created by Sheila Lukins and Julee Russo with Sarah Leah Chase, these cook books are some of the best gifts you can ever give a new bride. One of their best New Year's day recipes is their Bloody Mary soup recipe. Here goes and thank you Sheila, Julee, and Sarah:
1/2 stick butter
4 ribs celery, minced
1 med. sized sweet red pepper, seeded, cored, and minced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
2 cups drained canned tomatoes
4 cups tomato juice
Grated zest of one lime
3 tbs prepared horseradish
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup vodka
1 1/2 tsp caraway seeds
juice of 2 limes
1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
dill sprigs (garnish)
lime slices (garnish)
Melt the butter in a heavy large pan over low heat. Add the celery, red pepper, and jalapeno pepper. Cover and sweat the vegetables over low heat until very soft, about 30 mins. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato juice, lime zest, horseradish, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes. Process the soup in a food processor fitted with a steel blase or a blender until smooth. Return to pan and stir in the vodka, caraway seeds lime juice and Worcestershire. Heat until hot. Ladle the soup into mugs and garnish with dill sprigs and lime slices.
6 portions
Remembering New Year's Eves of the past: In my past life, I was married to a country western musician of some renowned from south Texas. I knew him from the age of 13 and married him at the age of 21. During all of those years, I spent EVERY New Year's Eve in some dance hall. They were fun times. Being in the heart of America (meaning Texas!) and dancing to the best music a nation can create, these evening were fun fun fun. You were also around thousands of people getting drunk drunk drunk. As George Costanza would say, "not that there's anything wrong with that". But after a while, it got very old. Eventually, my husband and I parted ways and divorced. After a few years, I remarried and told my new husband I didn't care to go to big parties or bashes. For 19 years we did the quite thing, having dinner parties or going out to eat. Maybe because I'm getting older, I'm looking for some new excitement. We're going to a New Year's party at the club we joined. Instead of 5000, it will be 200. What is your idea of a perfect New Year's Eve? Mine is actually being with the people I love and care about. So, we'll see how this party gets started!
1/2 stick butter
4 ribs celery, minced
1 med. sized sweet red pepper, seeded, cored, and minced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
2 cups drained canned tomatoes
4 cups tomato juice
Grated zest of one lime
3 tbs prepared horseradish
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup vodka
1 1/2 tsp caraway seeds
juice of 2 limes
1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
dill sprigs (garnish)
lime slices (garnish)
Melt the butter in a heavy large pan over low heat. Add the celery, red pepper, and jalapeno pepper. Cover and sweat the vegetables over low heat until very soft, about 30 mins. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato juice, lime zest, horseradish, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes. Process the soup in a food processor fitted with a steel blase or a blender until smooth. Return to pan and stir in the vodka, caraway seeds lime juice and Worcestershire. Heat until hot. Ladle the soup into mugs and garnish with dill sprigs and lime slices.
6 portions
Remembering New Year's Eves of the past: In my past life, I was married to a country western musician of some renowned from south Texas. I knew him from the age of 13 and married him at the age of 21. During all of those years, I spent EVERY New Year's Eve in some dance hall. They were fun times. Being in the heart of America (meaning Texas!) and dancing to the best music a nation can create, these evening were fun fun fun. You were also around thousands of people getting drunk drunk drunk. As George Costanza would say, "not that there's anything wrong with that". But after a while, it got very old. Eventually, my husband and I parted ways and divorced. After a few years, I remarried and told my new husband I didn't care to go to big parties or bashes. For 19 years we did the quite thing, having dinner parties or going out to eat. Maybe because I'm getting older, I'm looking for some new excitement. We're going to a New Year's party at the club we joined. Instead of 5000, it will be 200. What is your idea of a perfect New Year's Eve? Mine is actually being with the people I love and care about. So, we'll see how this party gets started!
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