Yellow Virgin Mary with Ginger; Cantaloup-Ginger-Spritzer

Nice together with friends, family and a vegan non-alcoholic drink in your hand - the evening can begin. Usually your knowing the Bloddy Mary, but if you want to surprise your guests, husband a.s.o, serve them one made from yellow tomatoes - renamed and everyone will be surprised. 

I defently like much more than the Bloody Mary - this one -as for me - tastes fresher, lighter.
Now it's up to you to decide if you like it or not ;)

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Yellow Virgin Mary with Ginger

4 Persons
20 min

Ingredients:
600 g of yellow tomatoes 
7 sticks of celery 
3-4 stalks of chervil 
10-15g ginger 
Salt and pepper 
lime juice 
ice cubes

Preparation: 
Wash and clean tomatoes and celery. Wash parsley, pluck off the leaves. 
Peel Ginger root cut into pieces. Do the same with tomatoes and 3 sticks of celery. 

Puree in a blender or with a hand blender, till smooth. Strain through a fine sieve to get out the fibers.


Season with salt, pepper and lime juice. Distribute ice cubes into 4 glasses, pour in Virgin Mary and serve with the remaining celery sticks.

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I love Cantaloupe Melons, especially when cut it in half, deseed it and the center bowl you pour some portwine. Delicious. Or you serve a shotglass with portwine with your slices. Yamm, but not for always, just on special occasions. 

This time I made drink, spiced up with ginger - again a perfect, fresh drink for your summer evening.


Cantaloupe-Ginger-Spritzer

Makes four drinks. 

Ingredients:
1/2 fresh cantaloupe, seeded, peeled and cut into large chunks
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
a 5cm piece fresh ginger root, peeled and cut into thick coins
2 tbs. freshly squeezed lime juice
club soda, for mixing
thin cantaloupe wedges and (Optional) candied ginger pieces, for garnish

Directions:Put the cantaloupe pieces in the bowl of a food processor and puree until very smooth, two to three minutes. Transfer to a fine mesh strainer set over a pitcher; let stand until liquid is drained and solids remain. Discard the solids and reserve the cantaloupe juice.

In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, water and sliced ginger to a boil; reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for five minutes. Remove from heat and let stand until completely cool. Remove the ginger pieces and discard.

Stir the cooled sugar syrup into the cantaloupe juice. Fill four 8-ounce rocks glasses with ice; fill each glass half full with the cantaloupe syrup and top off with seltzer. Stir each glass and garnish with cantaloupe slices and candied ginger, if desired.