We present a home-style take on a drink featured on the seasonal drinks list. Designed as a batch pre-mixed which is loaded full of flavours of the holiday season, making it perfect for your celebration. Reserve the remaining syrup you can use for morning drinks, sweets, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 guests
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Premix (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Combine all the components into a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, remove from the stove and leave to cool down fully. Transfer into an sealable bottle, cap it keeping it chilled, it can be stored for up to a month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Pour every liquids in a big jug, leave to sit for one hour, then pass it through best through a fine cloth, making it perfectly clear.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml from the batch mix into a stirring glass containing ice, and agitate lightly for one minute to cool it down. Filter into a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with the cranberries and complete it with a light spray of the essential oil above the glass.
