WHere is a home-style take on a drink from the seasonal menu. Designed as a large-volume pre-mixed that is packed with flavours of a Christmas time, making it ideal for hosting a festive gathering. Any leftover syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 servings
To make the Clementine Cordial (produces 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
For the Cordial: Put every components inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a light boil, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, remove from the heat and leave to cool down entirely. Pour to a sealable bottle, close it keeping it in the fridge, it will last for around four weeks.
To make Premix: Mix the specified spirits and syrup into one large bottle, let it rest for one hour, then pass it through , ideally through a fine cloth, making it completely strained.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml from the premix into your cocktail shaker containing ice, and agitate gently for a minute to chill. Pour to a frosted cocktail glass or similar, decorate with the cranberries and complete it with a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the drink.
