WThis is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on a new menu. This is a batch pre-mixed that is bursting full of essence of a holiday season, rendering it perfect for your celebration. Any leftover syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to make more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 servings
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
To prepare the Citrus Syrup: Place the listed components into a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Then, take off the burner and leave to cool completely. Transfer into an sterilised bottle, seal and store chilled, it will last for around four weeks.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Combine all the liquids into one big jug, let it rest for an hour, then pass it through , ideally through muslin, making it perfectly clear.
For serving: Pour 85ml from the batch mix into your stirring glass packed with ice, and stir gently for one minute until cold. Strain into a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, decorate with the cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a brief mist of mandarin oil over the top.
