WThis is a home-style take on a cocktail found on a new cocktail list. It's a batch premix that's bursting with flavours of the festive period, which makes it ideal for your celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or for another batch of bikinis.
Bikini
Yields 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Syrup: Combine all the ingredients into a pot, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring to dissolve. Then, turn off the stove and leave to cool fully. Transfer into an sealable bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the fridge, it can be stored for around a month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Mix every liquids into a big jug, leave to sit for one hour, then filter it best through muslin, to ensure it's perfectly clear.
To serve: Add 85ml of the batch mix into your cocktail shaker packed with ice, and agitate carefully for one minute until cold. Strain to a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, garnish with the cranberries adding the final touch using a light spray of mandarin oil over the drink.
