We present a home-style interpretation of a beverage found on our latest cocktail list. It's a batch premix which is packed full of tastes of a holiday season, rendering it ideal for your celebration. Reserve the remaining cordial to use in brunch beverages, puddings, or to mix additional servings of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 servings
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Put the listed components into a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing so the sugar melts. Next, turn off the stove and let it to cool fully. Decant into a sterilised bottle, close it and refrigerate it chilled, where it will keep for up to four weeks.
Preparing the Premix: Pour all the spirits and syrup in a sizeable container, let it rest for one hour, then strain preferably using a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of your premix into your mixing glass filled with ice, gently stirring carefully for a minute until cold. Filter into a frosted cocktail glass or equivalent, garnish with a few cranberries and complete it with a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
