WHere is a simplified take on a cocktail featured on the seasonal menu. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed that is bursting full of flavours associated with holiday season, making it ideal for a celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup to use in morning drinks, puddings, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 guests
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Cocktail (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
Making the Cordial: Put the listed ingredients in a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing to dissolve. Next, remove from the stove allowing it to cool fully. Decant into an sealable bottle, seal keeping it in the refrigerator, it can be stored for about one month.
For the Cocktail Base: Combine all the liquids into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for an hour, then pass it through best through cheesecloth, so it's perfectly clear.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the cocktail base into your cocktail shaker filled with ice, and agitate carefully for about 60 seconds to chill. Strain to a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with some cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
