09/24/2026
A tomato-tini for you and 9 of your friends 🍅🍸 #21+
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Here’s the problem with the tomato-tini, I never make enough to share. So I figured we’d make a freezer door Tomato-tini with my friends at CÎROC Ultra-Premium Vodka Vodka. Cîroc is distilled 5 times to add to that crisp, silky smooth taste and texture straight out of the freezer and into a chilled coupe. Its perfect for this martini over gin which will tend to take a way from the tomato flavors in this martini.
It starts with tomato water! We need two large yellow and red tomatoes, they’re at their peak right now so you better get some before the end of summer. Throw these in a blender with some salt and some msg, which is optional since tomatoes already have natural MSG, but I like the extra umami here.
Since tomatoes have natural pectin, all you have to do here is strain this through a coffee filter and the pectin and cellulose catch all the solids and you’re left with crystal clear tomato water. Its almost like a savory tomato concentrate and one of the key ingredients in this cocktail. Most freezer door or batched cocktails need at least 20% dilution, so in this case, we’re using this clarified tomato water for that added flavor, instead of regular water that you’d get from stirring or shaking a cocktail with ice.
Combined with vermouth, olive brine, ch*****ne vinegar and of course Ciroc vodka and garnished with black pepper, olive oil and a cherry tomato, you’ll never have to worry about whether or not you made enough with your friends.
Cheers y’all.
