WHere is a home-style take on a beverage from the seasonal cocktail list. This is a large-volume prepared mix that is bursting full of tastes of the holiday season, rendering it ideal for your festive gathering. Any leftover syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or for more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 guests
To make the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
For the Syrup: Place all the ingredients in a pot, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring so the sugar melts. Then, remove from the burner and leave to cool down completely. Decant into a sealable bottle, cap it and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for around a month.
To make Batch Mix: Pour all the liquid ingredients into a sizeable container, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then filter it , ideally through cheesecloth, so it's perfectly clear.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the premix into your stirring glass containing ice, and agitate gently for a minute to chill. Strain into an frosted cocktail glass or similar, top with the cranberries and complete it using a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
