WThis is an easy version of a drink featured on our latest menu. It's a batch pre-mixed that's loaded full of flavours associated with holiday season, making it perfect for your festive gathering. Any leftover syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Yields 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
Making the Syrup: Place every ingredients into a pot, bring to a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. Then, take off the heat allowing it to reach room temperature completely. Decant into an sterilised bottle, close it keeping it in the fridge, it can be stored for up to four weeks.
For the Cocktail Base: Mix every liquid ingredients into one sizeable container, let it rest for one hour, then pass it through best through a fine cloth, so it's perfectly clear.
For serving: Measure 85ml of your cocktail base to a stirring glass filled with ice, and agitate gently for about 60 seconds until cold. Filter into an cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, top with the cranberries and complete it using a brief mist of mandarin oil over the drink.
