WThis is a home-style take on a beverage from a new menu. It's a party-sized pre-mixed that's loaded with tastes of the festive period, which makes it ideal for a holiday party. Any leftover syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or for more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 servings
For the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
Making the Cordial: Put all the ingredients inside a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring so the sugar melts. After that, remove from the burner and let it to cool fully. Decant into an sealable bottle, cap it and store in the refrigerator, it will last for about one month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Combine every liquid ingredients into one large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then filter it best through a fine cloth, making it perfectly clear.
To serve: Add 85ml of the batch mix to a mixing glass containing ice, and stir gently for one minute until cold. Pour into a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with the cranberries and finish using a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
