We present a home-style take on a drink featured on our latest drinks list. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed which is packed with flavours of a Christmas time, rendering it excellent for a festive gathering. Save the extra syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to make more rounds of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 people
For the Clementine Cordial (produces 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Cocktail (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (as made above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Cordial: Put all the items in a saucepan, bring to a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. Next, take off the heat and let it to cool completely. Pour into an clean bottle, cap it keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for around one month.
For the Cocktail Base: Combine all the spirits and syrup into a big jug, allow it to infuse for an hour, then pass it through best through a fine cloth, so it's completely strained.
For serving: Pour 85ml of the premix into a cocktail shaker containing ice, and agitate carefully for a minute until cold. Pour to a chilled martini glass or equivalent, top with the cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist with the mandarin essence over the top.
