We present a home-style version of a drink featured on our latest drinks list. This is a batch pre-mixed that is bursting with the flavours of the holiday season, making it ideal for your holiday party. Any leftover cordial for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or for additional servings of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 servings
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (as made above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
For the Cordial: Place all the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a light boil, stirring to dissolve. Next, take off the heat allowing it to cool fully. Decant into an clean bottle, seal keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for about a month.
To make Premix: Combine the specified liquid ingredients into a large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then filter it , ideally through a fine cloth, making it perfectly clear.
For serving: Add 85ml from the cocktail base into your cocktail shaker filled with ice, and agitate carefully for a minute to chill. Filter into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with some cranberries and finish by giving it a quick spritz of the essential oil over the drink.
