WHere is a home-style take on a drink found on a new drinks list. It's a batch prepared mix that's loaded with flavours associated with Christmas time, which makes it perfect for your celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup you can use for morning drinks, desserts, or to mix more rounds of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Drink (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
To prepare the Syrup: Put the listed components inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring to dissolve. Then, remove from the heat and leave to cool down completely. Pour to a sterilised bottle, cap it and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for up to one month.
For the Batch Mix: Mix all the liquid ingredients into one large bottle, leave to sit for one hour, then strain best through a fine cloth, making it perfectly clear.
For serving: Pour 85ml from the cocktail base to a mixing glass filled with ice, and stir carefully for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Filter into an cold coupe glass or similar, decorate with some cranberries and complete it with a brief mist of the essential oil over the drink.
