WHere is a home-style take on a drink from the seasonal cocktail list. Designed as a batch prepared mix that's bursting with the essence of a Christmas time, which makes it ideal for your holiday party. Reserve the remaining syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to make another batch of the drink.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 people
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (as made above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Place all the ingredients inside a pot, bring to a light boil, mixing to dissolve. Next, take off the heat and let it to reach room temperature completely. Pour into a sealable bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the fridge, where it will keep for about a month.
To make Cocktail Base: Combine the specified spirits and syrup into one large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then pass it through preferably using muslin, making it perfectly clear.
To serve: Add 85ml of the cocktail base to a stirring glass packed with ice, gently stirring gently for about 60 seconds to chill. Strain into a cold coupe glass or similar, decorate with some cranberries and finish using a light spray of mandarin oil over the drink.
