WHere is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on our latest menu. Designed as a batch premix that's packed with flavours of a Christmas time, which makes it perfect for hosting a celebration. Save the extra cordial you can use for brunch beverages, desserts, or to mix additional servings of bikinis.
Bikini
Yields 10 servings
To make the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Premix (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Put every components into a saucepan, bring to a simmer, mixing to dissolve. Next, remove from the heat and let it to cool completely. Decant to a sterilised bottle, seal and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for around a month.
To make Premix: Mix the specified spirits and syrup in a large bottle, allow it to infuse for one hour, then pass it through , ideally through muslin, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Pour 85ml of your cocktail base to a cocktail shaker packed with ice, gently stirring lightly for one minute to chill. Filter to a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, garnish with a few cranberries and finish by giving it a quick spritz with the mandarin essence above the glass.
