WHere is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on our latest menu. This is a batch prepared mix which is bursting full of tastes associated with holiday season, which makes it excellent for a celebration. Any leftover cordial you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix more rounds of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 guests
For the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
For the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
Making the Citrus Syrup: Place the listed items in a pan, bring to a light boil, mixing to dissolve. After that, take off the stove allowing it to cool down completely. Pour into an sterilised bottle, close it keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for about one month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Mix all the spirits and syrup into a big jug, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then filter it , ideally through cheesecloth, making it completely strained.
For serving: Add 85ml of the premix to a mixing glass containing ice, and stir gently for about 60 seconds to chill. Pour into an cold coupe glass or similar, top with some cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a quick spritz of the essential oil over the drink.
