WHere is a home-style version of a cocktail featured on our latest drinks list. This is a party-sized pre-mixed that is loaded with the tastes of a holiday season, making it ideal for your celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup you can use for brunch beverages, desserts, or to make more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 servings
For the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
To prepare the Cordial: Place all the ingredients in a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing so the sugar melts. Next, remove from the stove and let it to reach room temperature completely. Decant to a clean bottle, cap it and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, it can be stored for about four weeks.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Combine the specified spirits and syrup into a big jug, allow it to infuse for an hour, then pass it through preferably using a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Pour 85ml from the cocktail base to a cocktail shaker containing ice, and stir lightly for one minute to cool it down. Pour to a chilled martini glass or equivalent, garnish with a few cranberries and finish using a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
