We present an easy interpretation of a drink featured on a new menu. This is a party-sized pre-mixed that is packed with the flavours associated with Christmas time, which makes it excellent for hosting a celebration. Any leftover citrus syrup for breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Place the listed items in a pot, heat until it reaches a light boil, agitating so the sugar melts. After that, turn off the heat and leave to cool down entirely. Decant into an sterilised bottle, cap it and refrigerate it in the fridge, it will last for around a month.
For the Cocktail Base: Mix the specified liquid ingredients into a large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then pass it through preferably using cheesecloth, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Measure 85ml of the cocktail base into your stirring glass containing ice, gently stirring lightly for one minute to cool it down. Strain into a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, garnish with some cranberries and complete it by giving it a light spray of mandarin oil above the glass.
