WHere is an easy interpretation of a drink featured on the seasonal drinks list. It's a party-sized prepared mix which is bursting with flavours of the holiday season, rendering it perfect for your celebration. Any leftover citrus syrup for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to mix another batch of this cocktail.
Bikini
Serves 10 servings
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Drink (makes 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
Making the Cordial: Put the listed ingredients inside a pot, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, take off the stove and let it to reach room temperature entirely. Transfer to a sterilised bottle, cap it keeping it in the refrigerator, it can be stored for about a month.
To make Premix: Pour every liquid ingredients in a sizeable container, leave to sit for one hour, then filter it best through a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Pour 85ml of your batch mix into a mixing glass filled with ice, and agitate lightly for about 60 seconds until cold. Filter into a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, garnish with the cranberries and finish with a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
