WHere is a simplified take on a beverage featured on our latest menu. This is a large-volume pre-mixed which is bursting with essence of a Christmas time, rendering it ideal for your celebration. Any leftover syrup to use in brunch beverages, sweets, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Premix (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Combine every items in a saucepan, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring to dissolve. Then, remove from the heat and let it to reach room temperature fully. Transfer into a sterilised bottle, seal keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for up to a month.
For the Cocktail Base: Combine all the spirits and syrup in a sizeable container, leave to sit for one hour, then strain preferably using muslin, to ensure it's fully clarified.
For serving: Pour 85ml of your cocktail base into your mixing glass containing ice, gently stirring carefully for a minute to chill. Pour to a cold coupe glass or equivalent, decorate with a few cranberries and complete it with a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
