This Festive Cocktail – The Method
We present a home-style version of a cocktail featured on the seasonal cocktail list. Designed as a party-sized premix which is bursting full of essence of a festive period, which makes it ideal for your festive gathering. Save the extra cordial for morning drinks, sweets, or to make more rounds of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 people
To make the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
To prepare the Cordial: Place every ingredients inside a pot, bring to a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. After that, remove from the burner and let it to cool entirely. Decant into an sealable bottle, seal and store chilled, it will last for about four weeks.
To make Premix: Combine the specified spirits and syrup in a large bottle, leave to sit for one hour, then strain , ideally through cheesecloth, making it completely strained.
For serving: Pour 85ml of your batch mix into a stirring glass filled with ice, and agitate carefully for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Pour to a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and complete it by giving it a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.