WHere is an easy take on a beverage featured on our latest cocktail list. This is a party-sized pre-mixed that is loaded full of tastes associated with festive period, rendering it excellent for a holiday party. Reserve the remaining cordial to use in brunch beverages, desserts, or to make more rounds of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 people
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Cocktail (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
To prepare the Syrup: Combine the listed items in a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve. Then, remove from the heat and let it to reach room temperature entirely. Transfer into an sterilised bottle, cap it and refrigerate it in the fridge, where it will keep for around a month.
To make Batch Mix: Combine every liquids in a large bottle, allow it to infuse for one hour, then pass it through preferably using muslin, so it's completely strained.
When ready to serve: Pour 85ml of your premix to a cocktail shaker containing ice, and stir carefully for a minute to cool it down. Pour into a chilled martini glass or similar, top with the cranberries and complete it with a brief mist of the essential oil over the top.
