WThis is a home-style interpretation of a drink featured on the seasonal menu. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed that's loaded full of tastes associated with festive period, which makes it excellent for your celebration. Save the extra cordial to use in brunch beverages, puddings, or for another batch of this cocktail.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 people
For the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Combine all the items into a pan, bring to a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve. Next, take off the stove and let it to reach room temperature fully. Decant into an clean bottle, close it keeping it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for about one month.
For the Premix: Combine the specified liquid ingredients into a large bottle, let it rest for an hour, then pass it through preferably using a fine cloth, to ensure it's fully clarified.
To serve: Pour 85ml of the cocktail base to a cocktail shaker packed with ice, and agitate carefully for one minute until cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass or equivalent, garnish with a few cranberries adding the final touch using a brief mist with the mandarin essence over the drink.
