We present an easy take on a beverage featured on a new cocktail list. Designed as a large-volume pre-mixed that is bursting with the flavours of a holiday season, making it excellent for a holiday party. Reserve the remaining cordial for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to make another batch of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 guests
For the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (as made above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
For the Syrup: Place the listed items inside a saucepan, bring to a light boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Next, remove from the stove and leave to cool fully. Decant into a sealable bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the fridge, it will last for around one month.
For the Premix: Mix every liquid ingredients into one sizeable container, leave to sit for one hour, then pass it through best through muslin, so it's fully clarified.
For serving: Add 85ml from the batch mix to a mixing glass filled with ice, and agitate gently for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Strain into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with a few cranberries and complete it using a brief mist of mandarin oil over the drink.
