WHere is a home-style take on a drink found on our latest cocktail list. Designed as a large-volume prepared mix that's packed with tastes of a festive period, which makes it ideal for hosting a festive gathering. Save the extra cordial for brunch beverages, sweets, or to make more rounds of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
For the Premix (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (see above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Directions
To prepare the Cordial: Put every ingredients in a saucepan, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Next, remove from the heat and leave to cool fully. Decant into a clean bottle, cap it keeping it in the refrigerator, where it will keep for about one month.
To make Batch Mix: Combine every liquid ingredients into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then strain , ideally through cheesecloth, to ensure it's fully clarified.
To serve: Add 85ml from the cocktail base into your stirring glass filled with ice, and stir lightly for about 60 seconds to chill. Strain to a frosted cocktail glass or similar, top with the cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist of mandarin oil over the top.
