WHere is a home-style version of a cocktail featured on our latest menu. Designed as a batch prepared mix that's loaded with tastes associated with Christmas time, which makes it perfect for your holiday party. Reserve the remaining syrup for morning drinks, puddings, or to make additional servings of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Place the listed ingredients inside a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, remove from the heat and let it to reach room temperature fully. Decant into an clean bottle, cap it and store in the refrigerator, where it will keep for up to a month.
Preparing the Premix: Combine all the spirits and syrup into a large bottle, let it rest for one hour, then pass it through best through cheesecloth, making it perfectly clear.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the batch mix into your cocktail shaker packed with ice, gently stirring lightly for about 60 seconds to chill. Pour into an cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, top with some cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
