WThis is a home-style take on a cocktail found on our latest drinks list. This is a batch pre-mixed that's loaded with flavours associated with festive period, rendering it ideal for your celebration. Any leftover syrup for morning drinks, sweets, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 servings
For the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
For the Syrup: Combine every ingredients inside a pot, bring to a light boil, agitating so the sugar melts. Then, remove from the burner allowing it to cool down entirely. Pour into a sterilised bottle, close it and store chilled, it can be stored for about four weeks.
For the Cocktail Base: Pour every liquids into a large bottle, let it rest for an hour, then filter it best through muslin, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Add 85ml of your premix into your stirring glass containing ice, and agitate gently for about 60 seconds to chill. Filter into an frosted cocktail glass or similar, garnish with some cranberries and complete it using a light spray with the mandarin essence above the glass.
