The Holiday Drink – A Recipe
We present a home-style interpretation of a beverage featured on the seasonal drinks list. This is a large-volume prepared mix that is packed full of tastes of a holiday season, rendering it ideal for a festive gathering. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup for brunch beverages, sweets, or to make more rounds of this cocktail.
Bikini Recipe
Makes enough for 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (makes 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (see above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Method
For the Cordial: Place every ingredients in a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, agitating to dissolve. After that, remove from the stove allowing it to cool down completely. Decant into an clean bottle, close it and store chilled, it will last for about one month.
For the Premix: Mix the specified liquid ingredients into a large bottle, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then pass it through best through a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
When ready to serve: Pour 85ml of your cocktail base into a stirring glass containing ice, and agitate gently for a minute to chill. Filter into a cold coupe glass or equivalent, garnish with the cranberries and finish using a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.
