WThis is a home-style take on a beverage from a new menu. Designed as a party-sized premix that is loaded full of flavours of the holiday season, which makes it perfect for your holiday party. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (produces 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Method
To prepare the Citrus Syrup: Combine every ingredients inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating until the sugar dissolves. Next, take off the heat allowing it to cool entirely. Decant to a clean bottle, cap it and refrigerate it in the fridge, it will last for around four weeks.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Combine the specified liquid ingredients in a sizeable container, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then strain , ideally through cheesecloth, so it's completely strained.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml of the cocktail base to a stirring glass filled with ice, gently stirring lightly for one minute until cold. Pour into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, garnish with a few cranberries adding the final touch with a brief mist with the mandarin essence over the drink.
