This Festive Drink – How to Make It
WHere is a simplified take on a cocktail found on a new cocktail list. It's a party-sized premix which is packed with tastes of a holiday season, making it excellent for your holiday party. Any leftover citrus syrup to use in morning drinks, desserts, or for more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 people
For the Clementine Syrup (yields 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 liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
Making the Syrup: Combine the listed components inside a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil, mixing so the sugar melts. After that, take off the stove and let it to reach room temperature fully. Transfer into an clean bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for around four weeks.
For the Batch Mix: Mix every liquids in a big jug, allow it to infuse for an hour, then strain preferably using muslin, making it perfectly clear.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the batch mix to a cocktail shaker packed with ice, and stir lightly for about 60 seconds until cold. Strain to a cold coupe glass or similar, garnish with some cranberries and finish with a quick spritz with the mandarin essence over the drink.
