This Festive Drink – The Method
WThis is a home-style interpretation of a beverage from a new menu. Designed as a batch pre-mixed which is loaded with tastes of a Christmas time, rendering it ideal for hosting a celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup to use in morning drinks, sweets, or to make more rounds of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 guests
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (makes 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (as made above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Method
Making the Syrup: Combine all the items in a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring so the sugar melts. After that, take off the stove and leave to cool down completely. Transfer into a sealable bottle, close it keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for about one month.
For the Premix: Mix all the liquids into a big jug, let it rest for one hour, then filter it preferably using cheesecloth, making it completely strained.
For serving: Measure 85ml of your cocktail base to a stirring glass packed with ice, gently stirring lightly for about 60 seconds until cold. Pour into a frosted cocktail glass or equivalent, decorate with a few cranberries and complete it using a light spray with the mandarin essence above the glass.
