WThis is a home-style interpretation of a drink featured on our latest drinks list. It's a large-volume pre-mixed which is bursting with the essence associated with festive period, rendering it ideal for hosting a celebration. Save the extra syrup you can use for brunch beverages, desserts, or to make additional servings of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
To make the Premix (makes 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
For the Cordial: Put every items into a pan, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Next, turn off the stove and let it to cool down fully. Transfer into a sealable bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the fridge, where it will keep for about a month.
To make Cocktail Base: Pour every spirits and syrup into one large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then pass it through preferably using muslin, so it's completely strained.
When ready to serve: Measure 85ml of your batch mix into your mixing glass containing ice, and agitate carefully for one minute to cool it down. Strain to a chilled martini glass or equivalent, garnish with a few cranberries and complete it using a brief mist of the essential oil over the drink.
