WHere is a home-style interpretation of a beverage featured on our latest menu. This is a party-sized prepared mix which is packed with essence of the festive period, rendering it ideal for your holiday party. Save the extra citrus syrup you can use for brunch beverages, puddings, or to make more rounds of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 servings
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Syrup: Put the listed components into a pot, bring to a gentle boil, mixing to dissolve. Then, take off the burner allowing it to reach room temperature entirely. Pour to a sterilised bottle, seal and store in the refrigerator, it will last for around a month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Pour every liquid ingredients into one large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then pass it through , ideally through cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.
When ready to serve: Pour 85ml from the batch mix into your stirring glass packed with ice, and agitate carefully for a minute until cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, garnish with a few cranberries and complete it with a light spray with the mandarin essence above the glass.
