WThis is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on a new cocktail list. This is a party-sized premix that's loaded with flavours of a holiday season, which makes it ideal for a holiday party. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup you can use for morning drinks, sweets, or to make more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 people
To make the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Combine every ingredients into a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating until the sugar dissolves. Then, turn off the burner and leave to reach room temperature completely. Pour into an sterilised bottle, seal and store in the refrigerator, where it will keep for up to four weeks.
To make Premix: Combine every liquids in a large bottle, let it rest for 60 minutes, then filter it , ideally through cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of your batch mix into your stirring glass filled with ice, and agitate gently for one minute until cold. Strain into an chilled martini glass or similar, decorate with some cranberries and complete it by giving it a brief mist with the mandarin essence above the glass.
