WThis is a home-style interpretation of a beverage found on the seasonal menu. It's a party-sized pre-mixed which is packed with flavours of the festive period, rendering it ideal for hosting a celebration. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Drink (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (see above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
To prepare the Citrus Syrup: Place the listed ingredients inside a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating until the sugar dissolves. After that, take off the burner allowing it to reach room temperature fully. Decant into a sterilised bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, it will last for up to four weeks.
To make Batch Mix: Pour every liquid ingredients into a big jug, allow it to infuse for an hour, then pass it through best through cheesecloth, making it completely strained.
For serving: Pour 85ml of the premix into a stirring glass filled with ice, and stir lightly for one minute to chill. Strain into an chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, garnish with the cranberries and complete it by giving it a brief mist with the mandarin essence over the drink.
