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We present an easy take on a beverage found on a new menu. It's a large-volume premix which is bursting with the flavours of the festive period, rendering it excellent for a celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup for brunch beverages, puddings, or for additional servings of the drink.

Bikini Recipe

Makes enough for 10 people

Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (makes 750ml)

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

For the Drink (makes 850ml, enough for 10)

400ml premium vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing

Method

For the Citrus Syrup: Combine all the ingredients in a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. After that, take off the stove and leave to cool entirely. Decant to a sterilised bottle, cap it keeping it chilled, it will last for around a month.

For the Cocktail Base: Pour the specified spirits and syrup into one sizeable container, let it rest for one hour, then pass it through preferably using cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.

To serve: Measure 85ml of your cocktail base into your mixing glass containing ice, and stir lightly for a minute to chill. Pour into an frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, decorate with a few cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a light spray of the essential oil above the glass.