WATERMELON BLOODY MARYS

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Provided by Martha Stewart

Number Of Ingredients 11

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 hot sauce, such as Tabasco, or to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon celery seeds, ground with a mortar and pestle, or celery salt
Freshly ground pepper
1 to 1 1/4 cups vodka
Celery stalks, for serving

Steps:

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.)
For children's drinks: Divide 2 1/2 cups juice among 4 ice-filled glasses.
For adults' drinks: 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.