We present a home-style take on a drink featured on our latest drinks list. Designed as a large-volume pre-mixed which is packed with the flavours of the holiday season, rendering it ideal for your festive gathering. Reserve the remaining cordial you can use for morning drinks, sweets, or for more rounds of this cocktail.
The Bikini Cocktail
Makes enough for 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (produces 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (see above)
Whole cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
Making the Cordial: Place all the components in a saucepan, bring to a light boil, stirring to dissolve. After that, take off the burner and let it to reach room temperature entirely. Pour to a sterilised bottle, cap it keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for about four weeks.
Preparing the Premix: Pour all the liquid ingredients into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for one hour, then pass it through best through a fine cloth, making it completely strained.
When ready to serve: Measure 85ml from the cocktail base to a cocktail shaker containing ice, and agitate carefully for one minute to cool it down. Strain into an cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and complete it using a brief mist of the essential oil above the glass.
