WThis is a home-style version of a cocktail from a new cocktail list. This is a batch pre-mixed that's loaded with the flavours of a festive period, rendering it ideal for your holiday party. Save the extra syrup to use in morning drinks, desserts, or to make another batch of the drink.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
Whole cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
Making the Syrup: Place the listed components into a saucepan, bring to a simmer, mixing until the sugar dissolves. After that, take off the stove and let it to cool fully. Transfer to a sealable bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the fridge, where it will keep for up to four weeks.
To make Batch Mix: Combine all the spirits and syrup into a big jug, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then filter it preferably using muslin, making it completely strained.
To serve: Pour 85ml from the cocktail base into a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and agitate carefully for one minute until cold. Pour into an frosted cocktail glass or equivalent, top with the cranberries and complete it by giving it a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
