The Holiday Bikini – How to Make It
We present an easy take on a cocktail featured on a new menu. Designed as a batch prepared mix that's loaded full of essence of a Christmas time, rendering it ideal for your celebration. Reserve the remaining syrup for morning drinks, puddings, or to make more rounds of bikinis.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 guests
To make the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Premix (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
For the Cordial: Place all the components into a pot, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing to dissolve. After that, remove from the burner and let it to cool completely. Transfer into a clean bottle, close it and store in the refrigerator, it can be stored for about a month.
For the Premix: Mix the specified spirits and syrup in a sizeable container, allow it to infuse for one hour, then filter it preferably using muslin, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Add 85ml of the premix into your stirring glass containing ice, and stir carefully for a minute to cool it down. Filter into a chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, decorate with the cranberries and finish using a brief mist of the essential oil over the top.
