WThis is a home-style version of a drink from a new drinks list. It's a batch premix that's loaded with tastes of a festive period, rendering it excellent for hosting a celebration. Any leftover syrup for breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to make additional servings of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 people
For the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
For the Cordial: Place all the ingredients in a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. After that, remove from the heat allowing it to reach room temperature fully. Decant into a sterilised bottle, close it and store in the fridge, it can be stored for around one month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Pour the specified liquid ingredients into one large bottle, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then filter it , ideally through a fine cloth, to ensure it's fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of the batch mix to a cocktail shaker containing ice, and agitate carefully for about 60 seconds to chill. Strain into a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with the cranberries adding the final touch using a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the top.
