This Festive Drink – How to Make It
WThis is an easy interpretation of a cocktail from a new cocktail list. Designed as a party-sized premix that's bursting full of flavours of a Christmas time, making it ideal for hosting a holiday party. Reserve the remaining cordial to use in breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix additional servings of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 people
To make the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (as made above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
For the Syrup: Combine every components in a pot, bring to a gentle boil, mixing to dissolve. Then, take off the stove and leave to cool down fully. Transfer into an sterilised bottle, close it and refrigerate it chilled, where it will keep for around a month.
For the Premix: Combine all the liquid ingredients into a sizeable container, allow it to infuse for one hour, then filter it best through muslin, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Pour 85ml from the premix to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, gently stirring carefully for about 60 seconds to chill. Filter into a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries adding the final touch with a light spray of the essential oil over the drink.
