We present a home-style interpretation of a beverage featured on our latest menu. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed that's bursting with tastes of a Christmas time, which makes it ideal for your holiday party. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup you can use for morning drinks, desserts, or for additional servings of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 guests
To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Combine every components into a pan, bring to a light boil, mixing so the sugar melts. Then, turn off the burner and let it to cool down completely. Decant to a sealable bottle, seal keeping it in the fridge, it can be stored for about one month.
For the Batch Mix: Mix all the spirits and syrup into one big jug, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then strain preferably using muslin, so it's perfectly clear.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the premix to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and agitate carefully for a minute to cool it down. Strain to a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, garnish with the cranberries adding the final touch using a light spray of the essential oil over the drink.
