WHere is a home-style take on a beverage found on the seasonal menu. This is a large-volume premix that's bursting full of flavours of a festive period, which makes it ideal for a celebration. Reserve the remaining cordial to use in morning drinks, puddings, or to make additional servings of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 servings
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Drink (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
For the Syrup: Put every ingredients inside a pot, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Next, take off the stove and let it to cool down entirely. Decant into a clean bottle, cap it and store in the fridge, where it will keep for up to a month.
For the Premix: Mix the specified spirits and syrup in a large bottle, allow it to infuse for one hour, then filter it preferably using muslin, making it fully clarified.
For serving: Pour 85ml of the batch mix into your mixing glass containing ice, and stir lightly for one minute until cold. Filter into an frosted cocktail glass or similar, top with a few cranberries adding the final touch using a quick spritz with the mandarin essence over the drink.
