This Festive Drink – The Method
WHere is a simplified version of a beverage from the seasonal drinks list. It's a batch prepared mix that's packed full of tastes associated with festive period, rendering it ideal for your festive gathering. Save the extra cordial for morning drinks, desserts, or to mix additional servings of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 servings
For the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
To make the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Put every components inside a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil, agitating so the sugar melts. Then, take off the burner and let it to reach room temperature fully. Decant into a clean bottle, seal keeping it in the refrigerator, it will last for around a month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Mix all the spirits and syrup into one sizeable container, leave to sit for an hour, then pass it through , ideally through a fine cloth, making it completely strained.
To serve: Measure 85ml of the premix to a stirring glass filled with ice, and stir lightly for one minute to cool it down. Pour into a chilled martini glass or equivalent, decorate with the cranberries and finish with a light spray of mandarin oil over the top.
