This Festive Cocktail – The Method
We present an easy take on a beverage featured on a new menu. This is a batch premix that's bursting full of flavours of the holiday season, rendering it perfect for a celebration. Any leftover syrup you can use for morning drinks, desserts, or for more rounds of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 people
To make the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
Making the Cordial: Combine the listed components inside a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating so the sugar melts. Next, remove from the burner and leave to cool down completely. Pour into an sealable bottle, close it and refrigerate it chilled, where it will keep for up to one month.
Preparing the Batch Mix: Combine the specified spirits and syrup into one sizeable container, let it rest for 60 minutes, then strain , ideally through cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.
When ready to serve: Pour 85ml of the cocktail base into your stirring glass containing ice, and agitate gently for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Filter into a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, garnish with a few cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a quick spritz of the essential oil over the drink.
