This Festive Drink – How to Make It
WHere is a home-style interpretation of a drink found on our latest menu. Designed as a batch premix that is bursting with the flavours of a holiday season, which makes it ideal for a holiday party. Save the extra syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
Bikini
Yields 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (makes 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (makes 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Combine every ingredients into a pot, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Next, take off the burner and leave to cool down fully. Decant to a sterilised bottle, seal keeping it chilled, it will last for around one month.
For the Batch Mix: Pour all the liquid ingredients in a sizeable container, let it rest for 60 minutes, then pass it through , ideally through a fine cloth, so it's perfectly clear.
For serving: Pour 85ml of your cocktail base into a mixing glass packed with ice, gently stirring gently for a minute to cool it down. Filter to a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, garnish with some cranberries and finish using a quick spritz with the mandarin essence above the glass.
