We present a home-style interpretation of a cocktail from a new menu. It's a large-volume pre-mixed which is bursting with flavours of a festive period, rendering it ideal for your festive gathering. Save the extra citrus syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to make additional servings of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (makes 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
For the Cordial: Put all the ingredients inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve. After that, remove from the stove and leave to cool down completely. Pour to a sterilised bottle, close it and store in the fridge, where it will keep for about one month.
For the Premix: Mix every spirits and syrup into a big jug, allow it to infuse for one hour, then pass it through best through a fine cloth, to ensure it's perfectly clear.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml from the batch mix into a stirring glass containing ice, and agitate lightly for a minute to chill. Filter into an cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, top with a few cranberries and finish by giving it a quick spritz of mandarin oil above the glass.
