WHere is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on a new cocktail list. This is a party-sized pre-mixed that's packed with flavours of the Christmas time, making it perfect for your holiday party. Any leftover citrus syrup you can use for brunch beverages, sweets, or for another batch of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 people
For the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
Making the Syrup: Put the listed items in a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil, mixing to dissolve. Then, turn off the heat and let it to reach room temperature completely. Decant into a clean bottle, close it keeping it chilled, it will last for around a month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Mix all the liquid ingredients into one large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then pass it through preferably using a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
For serving: Add 85ml from the cocktail base into a cocktail shaker containing ice, gently stirring lightly for one minute to chill. Pour into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with a few cranberries and complete it with a brief mist of mandarin oil over the top.
