Recently, the Heaven Hill Events Team sent out the Spring Employee Appreciation packages to thank the Heaven Hill team for their continued dedication and support. The spring “April Showers Bring May Flowers” themed package included a number of fun items such as gardening equipment and employees were challenged to create a unique Bloody Mary recipe for a chance to win a prize. Additionally, employees were encouraged to submit photos of their painted gardening pots for a chance to be entered in a drawing to win a prize.

 

Bloody Mary Contest Winners

We received several very impressive and delicious Bloody Mary recipes. To ensure each recipes was properly assessed, we asked Lynn House to judge the competition and choose a winner. In the spirit of the Kentucky Derby tomorrow, Lynn chose her winners in horse racing terms. Congratulations to our winners!

 

WIN

 

Leandra Marshall

Supplemental General Helper, Black Velvet

 

 

Recipe:

• Roast 8 grape tomatoes, one whole tomato,  2 garlic cloves, and 1 hot pepper in oven at 350° F for a half hour.
• Let the roasted veggies cool down for half an hour, add all the veggies to a blender to make flavored tomato juice.
• After blending, add a half teaspoon horseradish, splash of pickle juice, juice of half a lemon, splash of Worcestershire sauce and Tanjin.
• Use a lemon wedge on the rim and flavored your glass with Habenaro Tanjin and salt mix.
• Garnish with pickled asparagus, pickles, lemon wedge, green onion, roasted grape tomatoes, and hot pepper.
• And lastly, add a shot of Black Velvet Whiskey topped with more Habenaro Tanjin Seasoning.

 

PLACE

 

Jeff Crowe

 

Director, Kentucky Visitor Experiences

 

 

Recipe:

• 4 Oz Zing Zang
• 1/2 Oz Lunazul Tequila
• 1 Oz Deep Eddy Lime Vodka
• 1 teaspoon Horseradish Sauce
• 1 tsp Celery Salt
• Add to shaker filled with ice
• Shake vigorously
• Pour into prepared rimmed shot glasses​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​Shot glass preparation:

Dip rim of glass into horseradish sauce, then dip rim into a mixture of salt, Italian seasoning and pepper. Place shot glasses in freezer for 30 Minutes​​​​​​​

Garnishment:

Place small tomatoes on skewer followed by folded Larceny Peppered Pickle, repeat. Place in glass. Fill small syringes with Larceny Hot Sauce and place in glass also **add hot sauce to your heat level

 

SHOW

 

Reilly O’Brien

 

On-Premise Manager – NTX

 

 

Mellow Mary Recipe:

• 2 oz Mellow corn whiskey
• 1/4 oz Larceny hot sauce
• 6oz Zing zang Bloody Mary Mix
• 2 dashes worcester sauce
• Generous amount of cracked pepper

Garnish with:

• Larceny peppered pickles
• Castelvetrano olive
• Cocktail onion
• Slice of fresh fire roasted corn

 

Gardening Pot Painting Raffle Winner

 

Janine Bruner

 

Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo.