The Holiday Bikini – How to Make It
WHere is a simplified take on a drink from a new menu. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed that's loaded with tastes associated with Christmas time, making it ideal for your holiday party. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup you can use for morning drinks, puddings, or to make more rounds of the drink.
Bikini
Serves 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Place the listed components into a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Then, remove from the burner allowing it to reach room temperature completely. Transfer into a sterilised bottle, cap it keeping it in the refrigerator, it will last for around four weeks.
For the Cocktail Base: Combine every spirits and syrup in a large bottle, allow it to infuse for an hour, then pass it through best through cheesecloth, so it's perfectly clear.
To serve: Pour 85ml from the cocktail base into your mixing glass packed with ice, gently stirring carefully for a minute until cold. Filter to a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and complete it by giving it a light spray of mandarin oil above the glass.
