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Ingredients
- 12 cups watermelon chunks (from one 4-pound watermelon, rind removed), plus pieces, for serving
- 1 teaspoon sugar, or to taste
- Ice, for serving
- 1 1/2 cups tomato juice
- 13 dashes Badia Habanero Hot Sauce (can be substituted with Badia Sriracha Hot Sauce, Chili Hot Sauce, Chipotle Mild Sauce or Louisiana Cajun Hot Sauce)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/4 teaspoons Badia Coarse Sea Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Badia Celery Seeds, ground with a mortar and pestle
- Badia Table Grind Black Pepper (to taste)
- 1 to 1 1/4 cups vodka
- Celery stalks, for serving
Directions
- Working in batches, puree watermelon (with seeds) and sugar in blender
- Strain into a bowl through a fine sieve, pressing with a rubber spatula; discard solids. (You will have 5 1/2 cups juice.)
- Stir remaining 3 cups watermelon juice with tomato juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and celery seeds in a bowl set in a larger bowl of ice
- Season with pepper
- Stir in vodka and divide among 4 ice-filled glasses
- Garnish adult drinks with a piece of watermelon and a celery stalk
