WHere is a home-style take on a drink from the seasonal cocktail list. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed that is bursting with tastes of a holiday season, rendering it perfect for hosting a celebration. Reserve the remaining cordial to use in morning drinks, puddings, or to make another batch of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml citrus syrup (as made above)
Whole cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
Making the Cordial: Combine all the components into a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, take off the heat allowing it to cool down completely. Decant into an sterilised bottle, seal and refrigerate it chilled, it will last for about one month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Pour every spirits and syrup into one big jug, allow it to infuse for an hour, then strain preferably using muslin, so it's completely strained.
When ready to serve: Add 85ml from the premix into your mixing glass filled with ice, and stir gently for one minute until cold. Strain to a frosted cocktail glass or similar, garnish with a few cranberries and finish using a quick spritz with the mandarin essence above the glass.
