This Festive Bikini – The Method

WHere is a home-style version of a cocktail from our latest cocktail list. It's a batch prepared mix that is bursting with essence of a holiday season, rendering it excellent for a festive gathering. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup for morning drinks, desserts, or to make more rounds of the drink.

The Bikini Cocktail

Makes enough for 10 servings

To make the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)

300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar

For the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)

400ml premium vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch

Instructions

To prepare the Citrus Syrup: Put every components in a saucepan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Next, take off the heat and leave to reach room temperature fully. Transfer into a sterilised bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, it can be stored for up to four weeks.

Preparing the Premix: Pour every spirits and syrup in a sizeable container, leave to sit for one hour, then filter it , ideally through muslin, so it's fully clarified.

When ready to serve: Add 85ml of your cocktail base into a cocktail shaker packed with ice, and stir gently for a minute until cold. Pour into an cold coupe glass or similar, decorate with a few cranberries adding the final touch with a quick spritz of the essential oil above the glass.

Dawn Hill
Dawn Hill

Elena Visser is a certified nutritionist and health writer with over a decade of experience in public health.