The Holiday Cocktail – How to Make It
We present a home-style version of a beverage featured on our latest menu. It's a party-sized prepared mix that's loaded with tastes associated with festive period, rendering it excellent for your festive gathering. Any leftover cordial you can use for morning drinks, desserts, or to make additional servings of bikinis.
The Bikini Cocktail
Serves 10 guests
To make the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
To make the Drink (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
For the Cordial: Combine every items into a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, agitating until the sugar dissolves. After that, remove from the heat and leave to cool completely. Decant into an clean bottle, close it keeping it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for around one month.
Preparing the Premix: Combine the specified liquids into a sizeable container, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then strain , ideally through a fine cloth, making it perfectly clear.
For serving: Measure 85ml of your cocktail base into a stirring glass filled with ice, and stir gently for a minute to chill. Filter to a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist of the essential oil over the drink.
