We present a home-style take on a cocktail featured on a new drinks list. It's a large-volume premix which is loaded with the essence of a holiday season, rendering it ideal for hosting a festive gathering. Save the extra cordial for brunch beverages, desserts, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Combine all the items inside a saucepan, bring to a light boil, agitating so the sugar melts. Then, take off the burner and let it to reach room temperature fully. Pour into an clean bottle, close it keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for around a month.
To make Cocktail Base: Pour all the spirits and syrup in a sizeable container, let it rest for 60 minutes, then pass it through preferably using a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml from the batch mix into your cocktail shaker containing ice, and stir carefully for a minute to chill. Strain to a cold coupe glass or similar, garnish with the cranberries and finish with a light spray of mandarin oil above the glass.
