WThis is a home-style take on a beverage featured on our latest menu. Designed as a batch premix which is loaded with essence associated with Christmas time, which makes it excellent for a celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup you can use for brunch beverages, desserts, or to make additional servings of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 people
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
To make the Cocktail (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
Making the Syrup: Place all the items into a pan, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring to dissolve. After that, remove from the stove and leave to reach room temperature entirely. Decant into a sterilised bottle, cap it keeping it chilled, it can be stored for up to one month.
For the Batch Mix: Pour every liquid ingredients in a sizeable container, let it rest for an hour, then pass it through , ideally through cheesecloth, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Pour 85ml of the premix into your cocktail shaker packed with ice, and agitate carefully for one minute until cold. Strain to a cold coupe glass or similar, garnish with a few cranberries and complete it using a light spray with the mandarin essence above the glass.
