WHere is a simplified version of a drink featured on a new menu. It's a batch pre-mixed that is loaded with tastes of the festive period, making it excellent for a holiday party. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or for another batch of the drink.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 guests
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Syrup: Place all the ingredients in a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, turn off the stove allowing it to reach room temperature fully. Pour into a sterilised bottle, close it keeping it in the refrigerator, it will last for about one month.
To make Batch Mix: Combine the specified liquids into a large bottle, leave to sit for one hour, then strain best through cheesecloth, making it completely strained.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml of the premix to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, gently stirring carefully for one minute to cool it down. Strain into a cold coupe glass or similar, top with a few cranberries and finish with a brief mist with the mandarin essence above the glass.
