Name: Bijou shot
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 15 ml Chartreuse Green; 15 ml Gin

Serve in a

Shot glass

Garnish:

None

How to make:

Carefully LAYER ingredients in the following order.

1/2 fl oz	Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
1/2 fl oz	Green Chartreuse liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
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£ 41.75 £ 0.90 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Rutte Dry Gin, 70cl

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Review:

A shot loaded with bold flavours best suited to fans of Chartreuse.

Variant:

Bijou cocktail (Difford's recipe); Bijou cocktail (by Jamie Gordon); Bijou cocktail (inspired by Lawlor's 1895 recipe

History:

This vintage layered, or 'pousse-café' style drink is named after the French for 'jewel', apparently a reference to its trio of ingredients having the colours of the three most precious jewels: diamond (gin), ruby (sweet vermouth) and emerald (Green Chartreuse).

If all the ingredients, and so the colours, are mixed together the result is a rather better 'Bijou #1', also aptly named Amber Dream due to its colour. If I were you I wouldn't bother with this layered drink, grab a stirring glass and enjoy an Amber Dream.

Nutrition:

One serving of Bijou shot contains 107 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
37.67% alc./vol. (75.34° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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