WThis is an easy take on a beverage featured on the seasonal drinks list. This is a batch prepared mix which is bursting with flavours of the Christmas time, rendering it perfect for your holiday party. Any leftover syrup for morning drinks, sweets, or to make additional servings of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 servings
To make the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
For the Syrup: Combine every ingredients in a pot, bring to a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. Then, take off the stove allowing it to cool down entirely. Decant into a sterilised bottle, close it keeping it chilled, where it will keep for up to one month.
For the Cocktail Base: Mix the specified liquids in a big jug, allow it to infuse for an hour, then pass it through , ideally through cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.
For serving: Measure 85ml from the cocktail base to a stirring glass filled with ice, and stir gently for a minute until cold. Filter into a frosted cocktail glass or similar, decorate with some cranberries and complete it by giving it a brief mist of mandarin oil over the top.
