We present a home-style take on a beverage found on our latest drinks list. It's a large-volume premix which is packed with the tastes associated with holiday season, rendering it excellent for your holiday party. Save the extra syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to make another batch of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 people
For the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (produces 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
For the Cordial: Combine the listed items into a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing until the sugar dissolves. After that, remove from the heat allowing it to cool entirely. Pour into an sterilised bottle, cap it and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, it can be stored for around four weeks.
For the Cocktail Base: Pour all the spirits and syrup into a large bottle, let it rest for one hour, then filter it best through a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
For serving: Measure 85ml from the premix into a mixing glass packed with ice, and stir lightly for one minute until cold. Strain into a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, garnish with a few cranberries and finish with a quick spritz of the essential oil over the drink.
