Spicy Tomato Juice
Ingredients
- 2 1/5 pound (8c) ripe tomatoes
- 3 fl oz (3/4 c) water
- 1 lemon
- 4 sprigs of parsley
- 8 basil leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
- several pinches of paprika
- 1 sugar lump
- mint leaves for decoration
- celery salt
- 8 ice cubes
Instructions
for 4 people. Remove parsley from stalks and grate the lemon peel. Wash, peel and deseed tomatoes and cut them into 4. Put half of the tomatoes, water, parsley, basil and lemon peel into the Turbo Blender goblet (jar) and replace lid. Press speed "2" for 1- secs, speed "4" for 5 secs, "turbo" for 10 secs and finally press the "pulse-off" button. Pour into a jug and repeat the process. Add the lemon juice, spices and sugar to the mixture. Stir and leave in a cool place for 25 mins. Put the ice cubes into the Turbo Blender goblet (jar) and replace lid. Press "turbo" until the ice is crushed then the "pulse-off" button. Pour the tomato juice and the ice into large glasses and decorate with the mint leaves. Serve immediately. Suggestion: If you wish to mix vodka into this cocktail, do not add the spices.