We present a home-style take on a cocktail from our latest drinks list. Designed as a party-sized premix which is bursting with the tastes associated with Christmas time, making it excellent for your holiday party. Save the extra cordial to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to mix additional servings of bikinis.
Bikini
Yields 10 guests
To make the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Cocktail (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (as made above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Cordial: Combine all the ingredients in a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing to dissolve. After that, turn off the burner and leave to cool fully. Decant into an clean bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the fridge, it can be stored for about one month.
To make Premix: Mix all the spirits and syrup in a big jug, let it rest for one hour, then filter it best through muslin, making it completely strained.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the batch mix into your mixing glass packed with ice, and agitate carefully for a minute until cold. Filter into a chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, decorate with the cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
