WHere is an easy take on a beverage found on our latest menu. This is a batch prepared mix that's loaded full of flavours of the holiday season, rendering it ideal for your festive gathering. Save the extra syrup you can use for morning drinks, sweets, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (makes 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (as made above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Place every ingredients into a saucepan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Then, turn off the heat and let it to reach room temperature entirely. Pour to a clean bottle, close it keeping it chilled, where it will keep for about four weeks.
For the Batch Mix: Pour the specified liquid ingredients into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then pass it through , ideally through muslin, making it fully clarified.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml of the cocktail base into your mixing glass packed with ice, and stir lightly for about 60 seconds to chill. Filter to a cold coupe glass or similar, top with some cranberries and finish using a light spray with the mandarin essence over the top.
