This Festive Bikini – A Recipe

We present a home-style interpretation of a cocktail featured on the seasonal menu. This is a batch premix that's packed with the flavours of a festive period, which makes it ideal for a festive gathering. Any leftover syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix another batch of the drink.

Bikini

Makes enough for 10 servings

For the Clementine Cordial (makes 750ml)

300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar

Ingredients for the Cocktail (makes 850ml, serving 10)

400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish

Instructions

For the Citrus Syrup: Place every items into a pot, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating to dissolve. After that, remove from the heat and leave to cool completely. Decant into an sealable bottle, seal and refrigerate it chilled, it will last for about one month.

For the Cocktail Base: Mix every liquids into a big jug, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then strain best through a fine cloth, to ensure it's fully clarified.

To serve: Measure 85ml from the batch mix into your mixing glass filled with ice, gently stirring gently for a minute until cold. Strain to a cold coupe glass or equivalent, garnish with the cranberries and complete it using a quick spritz of mandarin oil above the glass.