We present a home-style interpretation of a beverage from our latest cocktail list. This is a party-sized prepared mix which is bursting with the flavours of a Christmas time, rendering it excellent for a celebration. Save the extra cordial you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 people
To make the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Syrup: Combine the listed items in a pot, bring to a light boil, mixing until the sugar dissolves. After that, take off the heat and leave to cool down entirely. Transfer into an sterilised bottle, close it and store in the refrigerator, where it will keep for up to four weeks.
For the Premix: Mix every liquid ingredients into one sizeable container, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then filter it , ideally through a fine cloth, so it's perfectly clear.
To serve: Measure 85ml from the cocktail base into a stirring glass containing ice, and stir lightly for a minute until cold. Filter to a chilled martini glass or equivalent, decorate with a few cranberries and complete it using a quick spritz of mandarin oil over the drink.
