WThis is a home-style take on a beverage featured on the seasonal menu. This is a large-volume pre-mixed that is bursting full of flavours of the festive period, making it excellent for hosting a holiday party. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup for brunch beverages, sweets, or to make another batch of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 people
For the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Premix (produces 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Put all the ingredients into a saucepan, bring to a simmer, agitating until the sugar dissolves. Then, take off the burner allowing it to cool down completely. Decant into an clean bottle, seal and store in the fridge, it can be stored for around four weeks.
To make Cocktail Base: Combine all the spirits and syrup into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then pass it through , ideally through muslin, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml from the cocktail base into your stirring glass packed with ice, and stir carefully for one minute until cold. Pour into a frosted cocktail glass or equivalent, garnish with a few cranberries and complete it by giving it a light spray of mandarin oil over the drink.
