We present a home-style take on a drink featured on the seasonal menu. Designed as a party-sized premix that is loaded full of flavours of a holiday season, which makes it perfect for your festive gathering. Reserve the remaining syrup you can use for morning drinks, puddings, or to make additional servings of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 servings
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Method
For the Cordial: Put all the components into a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. After that, remove from the stove allowing it to cool down entirely. Decant to a clean bottle, close it keeping it chilled, it will last for up to one month.
For the Batch Mix: Pour all the liquid ingredients in a big jug, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then filter it best through muslin, so it's fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of your premix into a stirring glass filled with ice, gently stirring gently for one minute to cool it down. Filter into an chilled martini glass or similar, top with the cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a quick spritz with the mandarin essence over the top.
