WHere is an easy interpretation of a beverage featured on a new menu. This is a batch premix that is bursting with essence of the festive period, rendering it excellent for your festive gathering. Save the extra citrus syrup for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or for another batch of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 people
For the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (see above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Put all the items into a pot, heat until it reaches a light boil, mixing so the sugar melts. After that, take off the stove and leave to reach room temperature fully. Pour to a clean bottle, close it keeping it chilled, it can be stored for up to four weeks.
For the Batch Mix: Combine every liquids in a large bottle, let it rest for 60 minutes, then pass it through best through a fine cloth, so it's completely strained.
To serve: Measure 85ml from the premix into your stirring glass filled with ice, and agitate lightly for one minute until cold. Strain into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, decorate with the cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a light spray of the essential oil over the drink.
