WThis is a home-style take on a beverage featured on our latest menu. Designed as a party-sized premix that is packed with essence of the Christmas time, rendering it excellent for your holiday party. Reserve the remaining syrup for brunch beverages, sweets, or to make additional servings of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 servings
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Premix (produces 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
To prepare the Citrus Syrup: Combine all the items inside a pot, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, agitating until the sugar dissolves. Next, turn off the burner and let it to cool fully. Pour into an clean bottle, seal keeping it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for around one month.
For the Cocktail Base: Pour all the liquids into one large bottle, leave to sit for an hour, then pass it through preferably using a fine cloth, so it's completely strained.
To serve: Measure 85ml of your premix into your stirring glass containing ice, and stir lightly for one minute until cold. Pour into a chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and complete it using a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
