WThis is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on our latest cocktail list. This is a batch pre-mixed which is loaded with tastes of a festive period, making it ideal for hosting a festive gathering. Save the extra citrus syrup to use in morning drinks, desserts, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
Making the Syrup: Put the listed components inside a pot, bring to a simmer, mixing so the sugar melts. Next, turn off the stove and leave to reach room temperature completely. Decant into an clean bottle, close it and refrigerate it chilled, it will last for about four weeks.
To make Premix: Mix the specified spirits and syrup in a large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then strain , ideally through muslin, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of your premix to a cocktail shaker packed with ice, gently stirring gently for one minute to chill. Filter into an chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, garnish with a few cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a quick spritz of the essential oil over the top.
