WThis is a simplified interpretation of a drink featured on a new menu. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed that is bursting full of flavours of a holiday season, rendering it ideal for your holiday party. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or for more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini
Yields 10 guests
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Cordial: Put the listed items inside a pot, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Then, remove from the heat and let it to reach room temperature fully. Transfer into a sterilised bottle, cap it and store in the fridge, where it will keep for about four weeks.
To make Premix: Combine all the spirits and syrup into one sizeable container, let it rest for one hour, then pass it through preferably using muslin, so it's completely strained.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml of your cocktail base into your cocktail shaker containing ice, and stir gently for a minute to chill. Filter into a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist with the mandarin essence over the drink.
