We present a home-style take on a beverage featured on a new drinks list. It's a party-sized prepared mix that's bursting with flavours associated with holiday season, which makes it ideal for a festive gathering. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup you can use for morning drinks, sweets, or to make another batch of the drink.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 servings
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (as made above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
For the Syrup: Place every ingredients into a pan, bring to a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. Next, take off the stove and let it to cool entirely. Transfer into a sealable bottle, cap it keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for up to a month.
For the Cocktail Base: Pour all the liquid ingredients into one sizeable container, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then filter it preferably using a fine cloth, so it's perfectly clear.
For serving: Measure 85ml from the batch mix into a cocktail shaker packed with ice, and agitate gently for a minute to cool it down. Filter to a cold coupe glass or equivalent, decorate with a few cranberries adding the final touch using a light spray with the mandarin essence over the drink.
