WThis is a home-style version of a drink from the seasonal drinks list. Designed as a large-volume premix that is loaded full of flavours of the holiday season, rendering it ideal for your festive gathering. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup for morning drinks, desserts, or to mix more rounds of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 servings
To make the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Premix (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
For the Citrus Syrup: Place every ingredients into a pot, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. Next, take off the heat and leave to cool completely. Decant into a clean bottle, close it and refrigerate it chilled, it can be stored for around a month.
For the Cocktail Base: Mix all the liquids into one big jug, let it rest for 60 minutes, then pass it through , ideally through muslin, making it fully clarified.
When ready to serve: Measure 85ml from the premix into your cocktail shaker containing ice, and stir lightly for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Filter into a chilled martini glass or equivalent, decorate with some cranberries and complete it by giving it a brief mist of the essential oil over the drink.
