WHere is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on our latest cocktail list. Designed as a batch premix which is bursting full of essence of the festive period, rendering it perfect for a holiday party. Any leftover cordial you can use for brunch beverages, sweets, or for another batch of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 people
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Drink (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Combine the listed items into a pot, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating until the sugar dissolves. After that, take off the stove allowing it to cool down fully. Decant into a sterilised bottle, close it and store in the refrigerator, where it will keep for about a month.
For the Batch Mix: Mix all the liquids into one large bottle, let it rest for one hour, then filter it , ideally through muslin, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Measure 85ml of the premix into your stirring glass containing ice, and agitate gently for a minute to chill. Strain into a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, garnish with the cranberries and complete it using a light spray of the essential oil over the top.
