WHere is a home-style interpretation of a drink featured on the seasonal menu. This is a batch pre-mixed that's packed with tastes associated with holiday season, which makes it excellent for your holiday party. Any leftover citrus syrup for breakfast cocktails, desserts, or for more rounds of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (produces 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Cocktail (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
To prepare the Citrus Syrup: Place every items into a pan, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Then, turn off the stove allowing it to cool down entirely. Pour to a sealable bottle, seal and store in the fridge, where it will keep for around a month.
To make Cocktail Base: Combine all the liquid ingredients into one big jug, leave to sit for one hour, then filter it , ideally through cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.
For serving: Measure 85ml of your premix into your mixing glass filled with ice, gently stirring carefully for a minute until cold. Strain into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, garnish with a few cranberries and complete it using a light spray of the essential oil above the glass.
