Bombardino

Bombardino

Bombardino

Italian hot cocktail

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Bombardino is a drink popular in Italy during the winter, especially in ski resorts. It is made by mixing 1/2 Advocaat or eggnog and 1/2 Brandy.

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More commonly, bombardino is obtained by mixing 3/4 of hot traditional Italian egg liquor (for example Vov or Zabov) and 1/4 rum or brandy.

"Vov" egg liqueur was created in Padua, Italy, in 1845 by a pastry chef, Gian Battista Pezziol, mixing egg yolks (leftover from the production of nougat) with marsala wine and alcohol.[1]

Bombardino is served hot and with whipped cream on top on request. It has several variations: with coffee (calimero), with rum (pirata or pirate)[2] or whiskey (scozzese or Scottish).[3] The calimero variation is one part Brandy, one part Vov, and one part espresso.

History

One legend says that the Bombardino was created by a Genovese man who moved to Livigno in the Italian Alps, and who eventually ran the Mottolino hut. When four men came in from a blizzard, the Genovese man served the men this drink. The Bombardino's name was then supposedly derived from one of these first imbibers noting its hot temperature and high alcohol and remarking (in Italian) "It's like a little bomb!".[2]

The bombardino may also have been created in 1972 by Aldo Del Bò, a ski lift manager in Livigno.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Dal mitico Vov al bombardino". 8 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    Erickson, Meredith; Holmes, Christina (2019). Alpine cooking: recipes and stories from Europe's grand mountaintops (First ed.). California ; New York: Ten Speed Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-60774-874-8.
  3. [3]
    "Bombardino Authentic Recipe | TasteAtlas". www.tasteatlas.com. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  4. [4]
    "VOV: Where the story of Italy's eggnog war began". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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