WThis is a home-style interpretation of a cocktail found on the seasonal cocktail list. Designed as a large-volume prepared mix that is bursting with tastes associated with Christmas time, which makes it ideal for your holiday party. Any leftover cordial to use in breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to make more rounds of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
To prepare the Syrup: Combine every ingredients inside a saucepan, bring to a light boil, agitating so the sugar melts. Then, take off the stove and leave to cool down entirely. Decant into an sterilised bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the fridge, it can be stored for about one month.
To make Cocktail Base: Mix all the spirits and syrup in a large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then pass it through , ideally through a fine cloth, to ensure it's completely strained.
To serve: Add 85ml from the premix to a mixing glass packed with ice, and agitate gently for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Pour to a frosted cocktail glass or equivalent, top with some cranberries adding the final touch with a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the drink.
