We present a home-style take on a beverage featured on a new menu. This is a large-volume premix which is packed full of flavours of a Christmas time, rendering it ideal for a festive gathering. Reserve the remaining syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or for another batch of this cocktail.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 people
For the Clementine Cordial (makes 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Drink (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Syrup: Combine all the components in a pot, bring to a gentle boil, agitating to dissolve. Then, take off the heat and let it to cool down fully. Decant into a clean bottle, cap it keeping it in the fridge, it can be stored for up to four weeks.
To make Cocktail Base: Pour every liquid ingredients in a large bottle, allow it to infuse for one hour, then strain preferably using a fine cloth, making it perfectly clear.
For serving: Add 85ml of your premix to a stirring glass containing ice, and stir carefully for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Strain to a chilled martini glass or similar, top with a few cranberries and finish with a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
