This Festive Cocktail – A Recipe
We present a home-style version of a drink featured on the seasonal drinks list. Designed as a batch pre-mixed which is packed with the essence of a holiday season, making it perfect for a festive gathering. Save the extra syrup for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or for more rounds of the drink.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 people
To make the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (see above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
For the Syrup: Put the listed components inside a pan, heat until it reaches a light boil, agitating until the sugar dissolves. After that, turn off the heat and let it to cool down completely. Decant into a clean bottle, close it and store in the fridge, where it will keep for around one month.
To make Cocktail Base: Pour all the spirits and syrup in a big jug, let it rest for one hour, then pass it through best through cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Add 85ml from the premix to a stirring glass packed with ice, and agitate carefully for a minute to cool it down. Strain to a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with a few cranberries and finish using a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the top.
