This Festive Cocktail – How to Make It
WThis is an easy interpretation of a drink featured on the seasonal cocktail list. Designed as a large-volume prepared mix which is bursting full of flavours of the Christmas time, making it ideal for your celebration. Any leftover syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to make another batch of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 people
For the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Premix (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Whole cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Put the listed ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve. Next, take off the burner and leave to cool fully. Decant into a sterilised bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, it can be stored for about four weeks.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Mix all the liquids into a big jug, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then pass it through , ideally through cheesecloth, making it completely strained.
For serving: Pour 85ml from the premix to a mixing glass packed with ice, and stir gently for one minute to chill. Strain into a cold coupe glass or similar, decorate with some cranberries adding the final touch using a quick spritz of the essential oil over the drink.
