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We present a simplified interpretation of a drink featured on our latest drinks list. Designed as a party-sized prepared mix which is bursting full of tastes associated with festive period, which makes it excellent for hosting a festive gathering. Reserve the remaining cordial to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to make another batch of bikinis.

The Bikini Cocktail

Makes enough for 10 servings

For the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)

300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar

To make the Cocktail (yields 850ml, serving 10)

400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish

Instructions

To prepare the Cordial: Put every ingredients in a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Next, take off the stove and leave to cool completely. Decant into an sterilised bottle, close it keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for around a month.

For the Premix: Combine all the liquids into one sizeable container, allow it to infuse for an hour, then strain best through cheesecloth, so it's fully clarified.

For serving: Add 85ml of your batch mix into your mixing glass filled with ice, and stir gently for one minute to cool it down. Pour into an chilled martini glass or equivalent, garnish with a few cranberries and complete it by giving it a light spray of the essential oil above the glass.