We present a home-style take on a beverage featured on a new cocktail list. It's a batch prepared mix which is bursting with the essence associated with holiday season, making it perfect for hosting a festive gathering. Any leftover citrus syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to make more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 guests
For the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Premix (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (as made above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Cordial: Combine the listed items inside a pot, bring to a gentle boil, mixing so the sugar melts. Then, take off the burner and leave to reach room temperature entirely. Pour into an sterilised bottle, seal and refrigerate it chilled, it can be stored for up to one month.
To make Batch Mix: Combine every liquids in a sizeable container, leave to sit for one hour, then pass it through , ideally through cheesecloth, making it perfectly clear.
For serving: Pour 85ml of the premix into a cocktail shaker containing ice, gently stirring lightly for one minute until cold. Filter into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, garnish with some cranberries and complete it with a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
