Caesar Cocktail — non-alcoholic tomato-clam drink with crisp vegetable skewers

What changes—and what stays

From with vodka, sugary mix and large salty garnishes often 220–400 kcal to 105 calories

Make a non-alcoholic Caesar from unsweetened tomato-clam juice and use a modest vegetable garnish instead of vodka and fried snacks. Tomato, clam brine, lemon, Worcestershire, horseradish, celery salt and hot sauce deliver savoury heat and acidity.

Ingredients for 6

Measure first; timing is part of how this recipe uses less fat.

• 1.2 lunsweetened tomato juice
• 300 mlclam juice
• 3lemons
• 30 mlWorcestershire sauce
• 25 gprepared horseradish
• 15 mlhot sauce
• 300 gcelery and cucumber
• 3 gcelery salt and black pepper
• 900 gice for six glasses

Method

Each step includes heat, a visible cue, and a recovery.

1

Step 1 · follow the visible cue

Chill every liquid first

Refrigerate tomato juice, clam juice and glasses until thoroughly cold before any mixing

Look for: The liquids and glass surfaces are cold with no warm layer or melting ice yet present

2

Step 2 · follow the visible cue

Mix savoury seasoning smoothly

Whisk juices with lemon, Worcestershire, horseradish and hot sauce until fully dispersed

Look for: The red mixture is uniform without pale horseradish clumps or watery separation

3

Step 3 · follow the visible cue

Make a light clean rim

Moisten only the outside edge with lemon and touch it once to a thin celery-salt layer

Look for: The rim is even and sparse with no salt falling into the drink or coating the glass

4

Step 4 · follow the visible cue

Add ice and modest garnish last

Fill each glass with measured ice, pour once and add a simple celery-cucumber skewer

Look for: The drink stays vivid red and cold with a clean surface and restrained crisp garnish

Calories at the same serving size

The estimate uses the listed ingredients divided into 6 servings. Brand labels, trimming, and the amount left in the pan can change the result.

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