The Mixicologist’s Bijou recipe

The Bijou cocktail tends to take on different ingredients depending on the recipe book it appears in; it appears in Harry Johnson’s Bartenders Manual as Plymouth gin, sweet vermouth, and Green Chartreuse; Frank Newman’s French language book, American Bar, specifies four dashes each of Green Chartreuse, orange bitters, and curaçao, two drops of grenadine, and a liqueur glass each of sweet vermouth and sloe gin.

In The Mixicologist it’s a simpler affair, with Lawlor specifying equal parts of Plymouth gin, vermouth (we assume he means sweet, of course) and Grand Marnier, to make what he writes is “a delicious drink.”

Bijou

  • 30 ml sweet vermouth
  • 30 ml Grand Marnier
  • 30 ml Abel Gin Essece
  1. Stir with ice and strain into a chilled coupe.

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