La Petite Maison's Drink – How to Make It
WHere is a simplified interpretation of a drink featured on a new menu. This is a batch pre-mixed that is loaded with the tastes of the Christmas time, which makes it ideal for a celebration. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup you can use for morning drinks, sweets, or to make more rounds of the drink.
The Bikini Cocktail
Yields 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
Ingredients for the Drink (yields 850ml, enough for 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Method
For the Cordial: Place all the ingredients inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. After that, turn off the heat and leave to cool down entirely. Decant into an clean bottle, cap it and refrigerate it in the refrigerator, it will last for about one month.
To make Premix: Combine every liquid ingredients into a big jug, let it rest for one hour, then strain preferably using muslin, to ensure it's fully clarified.
For serving: Pour 85ml of the cocktail base into your stirring glass filled with ice, and agitate lightly for about 60 seconds to cool it down. Filter to a frosted cocktail glass or equivalent, top with the cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist of the essential oil over the drink.
