WThis is a home-style version of a cocktail featured on the seasonal cocktail list. This is a large-volume prepared mix that is bursting with the tastes associated with holiday season, making it excellent for hosting a holiday party. Reserve the remaining syrup for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to make more rounds of the drink.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 people
To make the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
For the Cordial: Combine every components into a pot, bring to a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve. Next, take off the stove and leave to cool down fully. Decant to a sterilised bottle, seal and store in the fridge, where it will keep for up to one month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Mix all the liquid ingredients into a sizeable container, leave to sit for an hour, then pass it through preferably using muslin, making it fully clarified.
When ready to serve: Pour 85ml of your premix into a cocktail shaker containing ice, and stir gently for a minute to chill. Pour to a cold coupe glass or similar, top with some cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
