The Holiday Bikini – A Recipe
We present a home-style take on a cocktail featured on our latest cocktail list. Designed as a large-volume premix which is bursting full of flavours of the Christmas time, making it perfect for hosting a holiday party. Any leftover cordial you can use for morning drinks, puddings, or to mix additional servings of the drink.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 people
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Premix (produces 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
To prepare the Cordial: Place the listed ingredients inside a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Then, take off the stove and leave to cool down entirely. Decant into a clean bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for about four weeks.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Pour every liquids into a large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then pass it through preferably using muslin, to ensure it's completely strained.
To serve: Pour 85ml from the premix to a mixing glass filled with ice, gently stirring lightly for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Strain to a frosted cocktail glass or equivalent, decorate with the cranberries adding the final touch using a quick spritz of the essential oil over the drink.
