WHere is a home-style take on a cocktail from the seasonal menu. Designed as a party-sized premix which is bursting full of tastes of a festive period, making it excellent for your holiday party. Any leftover syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 people
To make the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
For the Cordial: Place all the components in a saucepan, bring to a light boil, agitating to dissolve. Next, remove from the heat and let it to reach room temperature completely. Decant to a sterilised bottle, cap it and store in the refrigerator, it will last for up to one month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Combine the specified liquids into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for an hour, then strain preferably using muslin, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of the premix into your cocktail shaker containing ice, and agitate gently for about 60 seconds until cold. Strain into a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, garnish with some cranberries and complete it with a brief mist with the mandarin essence above the glass.
