This Festive Bikini – How to Make It
We present a simplified interpretation of a drink from a new menu. Designed as a large-volume premix that's bursting with flavours of the Christmas time, rendering it perfect for a celebration. Any leftover syrup for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to make additional servings of this cocktail.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 servings
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (produces 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
To prepare the Cordial: Combine all the ingredients in a pot, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing to dissolve. After that, take off the stove and let it to reach room temperature fully. Transfer into an sealable bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the fridge, it will last for about one month.
To make Batch Mix: Mix every liquid ingredients into one big jug, allow it to infuse for an hour, then filter it preferably using cheesecloth, so it's fully clarified.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the cocktail base into a mixing glass packed with ice, and stir lightly for a minute to cool it down. Strain into an frosted cocktail glass or similar, garnish with a few cranberries and finish with a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
