WThis is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on our latest cocktail list. It's a party-sized pre-mixed that is loaded with flavours of the festive period, rendering it ideal for a holiday party. Reserve the remaining syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 servings
To make the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Premix (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
Making the Syrup: Place every ingredients inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a light boil, mixing to dissolve. Next, turn off the heat and leave to reach room temperature completely. Transfer to a sterilised bottle, seal and store in the fridge, where it will keep for around a month.
To make Batch Mix: Combine the specified liquids into one large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then strain best through cheesecloth, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Pour 85ml of the premix into a mixing glass packed with ice, and stir lightly for a minute to cool it down. Filter into an cold coupe glass or similar, garnish with some cranberries and complete it with a brief mist with the mandarin essence above the glass.
