WThis is a simplified take on a drink featured on a new cocktail list. Designed as a large-volume prepared mix that's bursting with the flavours of a holiday season, making it perfect for a festive gathering. Save the extra citrus syrup you can use for morning drinks, puddings, or to make more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 servings
For the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Put all the components into a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing so the sugar melts. Then, take off the heat and let it to cool down entirely. Decant to a clean bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the fridge, it will last for about one month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Mix every liquid ingredients into a sizeable container, allow it to infuse for an hour, then strain best through cheesecloth, to ensure it's fully clarified.
To serve: Add 85ml from the cocktail base to a mixing glass containing ice, and stir lightly for about 60 seconds until cold. Strain into a frosted cocktail glass or similar, decorate with a few cranberries and finish by giving it a light spray of the essential oil above the glass.
