This Festive Cocktail – A Recipe
WHere is a home-style take on a beverage featured on the seasonal cocktail list. Designed as a party-sized premix which is bursting with the flavours of a holiday season, which makes it ideal for a festive gathering. Any leftover syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or for more rounds of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 guests
To make the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
For the Premix (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
Making the Cordial: Put the listed items inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring so the sugar melts. Then, turn off the heat and let it to cool fully. Decant to a sterilised bottle, cap it and store in the fridge, it can be stored for around four weeks.
To make Premix: Pour all the spirits and syrup into a large bottle, allow it to infuse for one hour, then strain best through a fine cloth, making it perfectly clear.
When ready to serve: Pour 85ml of the premix into your cocktail shaker filled with ice, gently stirring lightly for a minute to cool it down. Pour to a frosted cocktail glass or similar, garnish with a few cranberries adding the final touch using a light spray of mandarin oil over the drink.
