WHere is a home-style version of a beverage featured on a new cocktail list. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed that is loaded full of flavours associated with Christmas time, which makes it ideal for your celebration. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup you can use for morning drinks, sweets, or for more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 guests
To make the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Drink (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (see above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Syrup: Put every items in a pot, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Next, turn off the heat allowing it to cool down fully. Decant into an clean bottle, close it keeping it chilled, it will last for about a month.
For the Premix: Mix the specified spirits and syrup into a sizeable container, let it rest for an hour, then strain preferably using cheesecloth, to ensure it's completely strained.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the premix to a stirring glass containing ice, and agitate carefully for a minute until cold. Strain to a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with a few cranberries adding the final touch using a quick spritz with the mandarin essence over the drink.
