This Festive Drink – The Method
We present an easy interpretation of a cocktail featured on our latest cocktail list. It's a large-volume pre-mixed which is bursting with the essence associated with holiday season, making it ideal for a holiday party. Reserve the remaining cordial you can use for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 guests
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Cocktail (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
For the Syrup: Place all the ingredients in a pan, bring to a gentle boil, mixing so the sugar melts. After that, turn off the burner allowing it to cool entirely. Decant to a sterilised bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the fridge, it can be stored for around four weeks.
For the Premix: Mix every liquid ingredients into one big jug, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then pass it through best through muslin, to ensure it's fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of your cocktail base into your stirring glass packed with ice, and agitate gently for a minute to chill. Filter to a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and finish using a light spray of the essential oil over the drink.