Bamboo Shot

By Rebekah Peppler

Published December 29, 2020

  • Christopher Simpson for The New York Times. Food Stylist; Simon Andrews.
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The Bamboo Shot takes the famous 19-century sherry cocktail and turns it into a shot. The original Bamboo — sherry, dry vermouth and a few drops of orange and Angostura bitters — is credited to the German bartender Louis Eppinger of the Grand Hotel in Yokohama, Japan. Dry and complex, it looks and tastes like a high-proof drink, but the low-A.B.V. ingredients keep its impact in check, making it an ideal shot to start a celebration — or a Tuesday night. Eating briny, buttery Castelvetrano olives as a chaser completes the shot experience — and helps round out the drink’s drier tones.

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Ingredients

Yield:8 shots

  • 3 ½ ounces fino or manzanilla sherry

  • 3 ½ ounces dry or bianco vermouth

  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters

  • 3 dashes orange bitters

  • 2 orange peels

  • 2 lemon peels

  • Very small pinch of flaky sea salt (optional)

  • Ice

  • Big green olives, such as Castelvetrano, for serving

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Nutritional analysis per serving

2 grams carbs; 36 calories; 1 gram fat; 70 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    To a cocktail shaker or mixing glass, add the sherry, vermouth and bitters.

  2. Step 2

    Hold one of the lemon peels by its long edges, skin facing down into the cocktail shaker. Pinch the peel to express the citrus oils in. Repeat with the remaining lemon peel and the orange peels.

  3. Step 3

    Add salt and ice, and stir until chilled. Strain into eight small glasses and serve immediately with olives.

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Peg in Oakland

So...does the citrus peel go into the shaker after the oils are expressed? I would think so.

linda

My New Years Eve pod loved this cocktail

Peg in Oakland

So...does the citrus peel go into the shaker after the oils are expressed? I would think so.

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