WHere is a home-style take on a drink featured on a new menu. It's a party-sized premix which is bursting with flavours associated with holiday season, rendering it ideal for a festive gathering. Save the extra syrup you can use for morning drinks, desserts, or to mix additional servings of bikinis.
Bikini
Yields 10 guests
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
For the Citrus Syrup: Put every ingredients inside a pot, bring to a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. After that, turn off the burner and leave to reach room temperature entirely. Transfer to a sterilised bottle, cap it and store in the refrigerator, where it will keep for about a month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Combine every liquid ingredients into a sizeable container, leave to sit for one hour, then strain , ideally through a fine cloth, to ensure it's perfectly clear.
For serving: Pour 85ml from the cocktail base into a mixing glass filled with ice, gently stirring gently for a minute to cool it down. Pour into an cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, garnish with some cranberries and finish by giving it a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the top.
