WThis is a simplified interpretation of a beverage from our latest menu. It's a large-volume premix that is bursting with the tastes associated with holiday season, which makes it ideal for your celebration. Reserve the remaining cordial for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to mix additional servings of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 people
To make the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
For the Drink (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
For the Citrus Syrup: Combine all the ingredients inside a saucepan, bring to a simmer, mixing until the sugar dissolves. After that, remove from the heat and let it to cool fully. Decant into an clean bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the fridge, where it will keep for up to one month.
For the Cocktail Base: Mix every spirits and syrup into a sizeable container, let it rest for one hour, then filter it best through cheesecloth, so it's completely strained.
For serving: Measure 85ml of your premix into a stirring glass packed with ice, and agitate gently for a minute to cool it down. Pour into an cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and finish with a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the top.
