WHere is a home-style take on a beverage from our latest menu. This is a batch prepared mix that's packed full of tastes of a holiday season, rendering it perfect for your holiday party. Any leftover syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (produces 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
Making the Cordial: Place the listed items in a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, take off the burner and let it to reach room temperature completely. Pour to a sterilised bottle, cap it and store in the refrigerator, it can be stored for up to one month.
To make Premix: Pour the specified spirits and syrup into one large bottle, leave to sit for one hour, then strain , ideally through muslin, making it completely strained.
For serving: Add 85ml from the cocktail base into your stirring glass containing ice, and agitate lightly for a minute to chill. Filter into a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, garnish with the cranberries and complete it with a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
