The Holiday Drink – A Recipe
We present a home-style take on a beverage from a new cocktail list. It's a batch prepared mix which is packed full of tastes of a holiday season, rendering it perfect for a festive gathering. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup to use in morning drinks, puddings, or to make additional servings of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
To prepare the Citrus Syrup: Put all the items inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve. Then, take off the burner allowing it to cool down fully. Decant to a clean bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, it will last for up to four weeks.
For the Cocktail Base: Combine all the spirits and syrup into one big jug, allow it to infuse for an hour, then filter it best through cheesecloth, making it perfectly clear.
To serve: Measure 85ml of the premix to a cocktail shaker packed with ice, and stir carefully for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Pour into a frosted cocktail glass or similar, decorate with a few cranberries and complete it by giving it a light spray of the essential oil above the glass.
