This Festive Cocktail – How to Make It
WThis is a simplified version of a drink from the seasonal drinks list. Designed as a large-volume pre-mixed which is packed with the tastes of the festive period, making it ideal for your celebration. Any leftover syrup you can use for morning drinks, desserts, or to make another batch of bikinis.
Bikini
Yields 10 people
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (makes 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Place the listed components into a pan, bring to a light boil, agitating to dissolve. After that, take off the burner allowing it to cool down fully. Decant to a clean bottle, close it and refrigerate it chilled, it will last for about a month.
For the Premix: Pour all the liquids into a large bottle, allow it to infuse for an hour, then strain preferably using muslin, so it's perfectly clear.
For serving: Measure 85ml of the cocktail base to a mixing glass containing ice, and stir gently for a minute until cold. Strain into an cold coupe glass or equivalent, decorate with the cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a light spray of mandarin oil over the drink.
