This Festive Cocktail – A Recipe
We present an easy take on a cocktail featured on our latest cocktail list. Designed as a large-volume premix that is packed full of essence associated with Christmas time, making it perfect for hosting a holiday party. Any leftover citrus syrup for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 people
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Premix (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
To prepare the Syrup: Combine all the ingredients inside a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. Then, take off the stove allowing it to cool entirely. Decant into an clean bottle, close it and refrigerate it chilled, where it will keep for around one month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Mix the specified liquid ingredients in a big jug, allow it to infuse for one hour, then filter it , ideally through muslin, to ensure it's completely strained.
To serve: Measure 85ml of your premix into a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and agitate carefully for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Strain into a cold coupe glass or similar, garnish with the cranberries adding the final touch using a brief mist of mandarin oil over the drink.