WThis is a home-style interpretation of a beverage featured on a new cocktail list. This is a batch premix that's packed full of flavours of the festive period, rendering it perfect for hosting a celebration. Any leftover syrup you can use for morning drinks, puddings, or to mix additional servings of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 people
For the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Method
Making the Citrus Syrup: Place every ingredients inside a pot, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring so the sugar melts. After that, turn off the stove and let it to reach room temperature completely. Decant into a sterilised bottle, close it and store in the fridge, it can be stored for up to a month.
For the Premix: Combine all the spirits and syrup into one sizeable container, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then strain best through a fine cloth, to ensure it's completely strained.
To serve: Pour 85ml from the cocktail base to a mixing glass filled with ice, and agitate carefully for about 60 seconds to chill. Pour into an cold coupe glass or equivalent, garnish with some cranberries and complete it by giving it a quick spritz of mandarin oil above the glass.
