We present a home-style take on a beverage from our latest drinks list. It's a large-volume pre-mixed that's packed with essence of a holiday season, which makes it ideal for hosting a festive gathering. Reserve the remaining syrup to use in morning drinks, sweets, or to make another batch of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 guests
To make the Clementine Cordial (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (as made above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
For the Syrup: Place the listed ingredients into a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, remove from the heat allowing it to cool completely. Decant into a clean bottle, close it keeping it chilled, where it will keep for about four weeks.
To make Batch Mix: Mix every liquid ingredients into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then filter it best through cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of the premix into a mixing glass containing ice, and stir lightly for a minute to cool it down. Filter to a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, top with the cranberries adding the final touch using a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the drink.
