WThis is a home-style version of a drink featured on the seasonal menu. Designed as a large-volume prepared mix which is bursting with the tastes associated with Christmas time, making it ideal for hosting a holiday party. Any leftover syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or for additional servings of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 people
For the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Drink (makes 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
Making the Syrup: Place every items into a pot, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing to dissolve. After that, remove from the burner and let it to cool down entirely. Transfer into a sterilised bottle, cap it and store chilled, it will last for around one month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Mix all the spirits and syrup into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then pass it through , ideally through a fine cloth, so it's completely strained.
When ready to serve: Measure 85ml from the batch mix into your stirring glass filled with ice, and stir gently for a minute until cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, garnish with a few cranberries and complete it using a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the top.
