This Festive Cocktail – The Method
WHere is an easy take on a beverage from our latest cocktail list. It's a large-volume premix which is packed with tastes of the Christmas time, rendering it excellent for a celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, sweets, or for another batch of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
To make the Premix (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
Making the Syrup: Combine all the items into a saucepan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, agitating to dissolve. Then, remove from the heat and leave to cool down fully. Decant into an sterilised bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, it will last for about four weeks.
For the Batch Mix: Pour every liquids into one sizeable container, let it rest for one hour, then strain , ideally through a fine cloth, making it perfectly clear.
For serving: Pour 85ml of your batch mix into a mixing glass containing ice, gently stirring gently for a minute to cool it down. Filter to a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with the cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
