Breakfast of Champions

The perfect Bloody Mary

The countdown has begun for golf’s oldest major, the British Open. While fans across the Atlantic raise a glass to Pimm’s o’clock on the big day, golf enthusiasts here can mix some Bloody Marys for the early-morning programming.

Appropriately enough, one of the best recipes comes from Holyoke (not Hoylake, site of this year’s Open), where the massive, rugged dunes at Ballyneal Golf & Hunt Club transport you to the British Isles without leaving Colorado.

Bar Manager Amanda Feely’s 30- year-old family recipe comes from her grandmother, a gardener who would can and freeze fresh vegetables so she could enjoy the perfect Bloody Mary throughout the year.

The members love it too. “It’s the most popular drink we serve,” Feely says. The 12-ingredient cocktail may appear complicated, but is actually quite simple to blend up at home.

Ballyneal Bloody Mary Recipe:

Ingredients:

4 large tomatoes (skin removed)

1/2 cup onion (chopped)

1 stalk celery

1 green pepper

1 jalapeño pepper

1 cup beef broth

1 tsp. horseradish sauce

1 Tbs. Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp. hot pepper sauce

1 tsp. lemon juice

1 tsp. pure sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:

Blend together first 6 ingredients until liquefied. Add remaining ingredients and blend until mixed completely. Cover and refrigerate. Serve with 2 oz. vodka. Garnish with lemon, 3 pepperoni slices and 3 olives skewered on a yucca stalk.

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