WThis is a home-style version of a beverage found on our latest cocktail list. Designed as a batch premix that's bursting full of flavours associated with festive period, making it excellent for hosting a festive gathering. Any leftover syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, desserts, or for more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 people
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Cocktail (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Put all the components in a pot, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Then, turn off the stove and let it to cool down fully. Transfer into a sterilised bottle, close it keeping it chilled, where it will keep for about four weeks.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Mix all the liquids in a large bottle, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then filter it , ideally through a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Add 85ml of your cocktail base into a cocktail shaker packed with ice, gently stirring carefully for about 60 seconds until cold. Filter to a chilled martini glass or similar, decorate with the cranberries and finish with a brief mist of mandarin oil over the drink.
