This Festive Drink – How to Make It
WThis is an easy interpretation of a beverage from the seasonal drinks list. Designed as a batch prepared mix that is packed with the flavours associated with festive period, which makes it excellent for a holiday party. Any leftover cordial you can use for breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to mix more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 guests
For the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Premix (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
To prepare the Syrup: Combine every components inside a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil, stirring so the sugar melts. After that, turn off the burner allowing it to reach room temperature completely. Decant into a clean bottle, seal and store in the refrigerator, it will last for about four weeks.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Mix every spirits and syrup into one big jug, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then strain best through muslin, to ensure it's fully clarified.
To serve: Measure 85ml of the premix into your stirring glass containing ice, and agitate lightly for a minute to chill. Pour into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with a few cranberries and finish with a brief mist of the essential oil over the top.
