WThis is a home-style version of a cocktail featured on our latest menu. It's a large-volume pre-mixed that is bursting with the tastes of a Christmas time, rendering it ideal for your celebration. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup to use in morning drinks, puddings, or to make more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 people
For the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Put all the ingredients into a pot, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing so the sugar melts. Next, remove from the burner and leave to cool down completely. Decant into an clean bottle, close it keeping it in the fridge, it can be stored for about four weeks.
To make Batch Mix: Combine all the spirits and syrup in a large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then strain best through cheesecloth, so it's completely strained.
For serving: Add 85ml from the cocktail base into a cocktail shaker containing ice, gently stirring carefully for one minute to chill. Pour into an frosted cocktail glass or similar, garnish with some cranberries and finish using a quick spritz of the essential oil over the drink.
