This Festive Cocktail – The Method
WHere is a home-style interpretation of a drink found on our latest menu. It's a large-volume pre-mixed that is loaded with the essence of the festive period, rendering it ideal for your celebration. Save the extra syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to mix another batch of bikinis.
Bikini
Makes enough for 10 guests
To make the Clementine Syrup (yields 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
Ingredients for the Cocktail (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Directions
For the Citrus Syrup: Put every components in a pot, bring to a light boil, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Then, remove from the stove and leave to cool down fully. Decant into a sealable bottle, close it and store chilled, it can be stored for about four weeks.
Preparing the Premix: Pour all the spirits and syrup into one sizeable container, allow it to infuse for one hour, then pass it through best through cheesecloth, making it perfectly clear.
To serve: Pour 85ml from the cocktail base into your stirring glass packed with ice, and stir carefully for a minute to chill. Pour into a cold coupe glass or equivalent, decorate with the cranberries and finish using a quick spritz of the essential oil over the drink.
