WHere is a home-style version of a beverage featured on a new drinks list. Designed as a party-sized prepared mix that is packed full of flavours of the holiday season, making it perfect for your holiday party. Save the extra citrus syrup for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix another batch of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 people
For the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Place all the items inside a pot, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing until the sugar dissolves. After that, take off the burner and let it to cool down fully. Pour into a sealable bottle, cap it and refrigerate it chilled, it can be stored for around a month.
To make Cocktail Base: Combine the specified spirits and syrup into a big jug, allow it to infuse for one hour, then strain best through muslin, making it completely strained.
When ready to serve: Pour 85ml from the premix into your cocktail shaker containing ice, and agitate carefully for a minute until cold. Pour to a chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, decorate with a few cranberries and complete it by giving it a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
