Tomato Bamboo

Difford’s Guide

Glass:

Photographed in a Bobo Shakerato

Ingredients:
1 fl oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
23 fl oz Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry chilled
13 fl oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth chilled
56 fl oz Tomato liqueur
12 fl oz Tomato water (clarified tomato juice) chilled
6 drop Orange cream citrate
3 dash Fee Brothers Celery bitters
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered cherry tomato.

How to make:

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with skewered cherry tomato.
To make Tomato water (clarified tomato juice):

- 600g of tomatoes (ideally, 2 beef tomatoes with cherry tomatoes to make up the weight)
- 5g of sea salt
Blend tomatoes and salt into a puree, then use a Superbag to strain by hanging it in the fridge over a container to catch the dripping juice. Repeat using a coffee filter in place of the Superbag.
Bottle, refrigerate and use within 2 days.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10

Review:

This cocktail tastes the classic Bamboo to new levels of savoury deliciousness.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2022 by Victor Maggiolo at Amaro Bar in Kensington, London, England.

30ml Siete Misterios Doble Jey
20ml Tio Pepe Sherry
10ml Extra Dry Vermouth
25ml La Tomato Liqueur
15ml Clarified San Marzano Tomato Juice
2.5ml Citric Acid Solution 20%
3 dashes Fee Brothers Celery Bitters

Original recipe by Victor Maggiolo, 1922

Nutrition:

One serving of Tomato Bamboo contains 137 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 17.12% alc./vol. (34.24° proof)
  • 17.3 grams of pure alcohol

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