We present a home-style take on a cocktail featured on the seasonal cocktail list. Designed as a large-volume premix that is bursting with the flavours associated with festive period, which makes it perfect for your celebration. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup to use in morning drinks, puddings, or to mix additional servings of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 people
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
To prepare the Cordial: Place every items into a pot, bring to a gentle boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Next, remove from the stove and let it to cool completely. Decant into an sterilised bottle, seal keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for about a month.
For the Cocktail Base: Mix the specified liquid ingredients in a big jug, let it rest for 60 minutes, then pass it through best through muslin, to ensure it's fully clarified.
For serving: Pour 85ml from the premix to a mixing glass filled with ice, and stir carefully for a minute until cold. Strain into an frosted cocktail glass or similar, decorate with the cranberries and finish with a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
