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WThis is a home-style version of a cocktail from the seasonal menu. It's a large-volume pre-mixed that's bursting with the flavours associated with holiday season, which makes it excellent for your festive gathering. Save the extra syrup for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or for additional servings of bikinis.

The Bikini Cocktail

Serves 10 people

For the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)

300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar

Ingredients for the Premix (produces 850ml, to serve 10)

400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
A few cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch

Instructions

Making the Cordial: Place every components into a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing to dissolve. After that, remove from the burner and let it to reach room temperature entirely. Transfer into an clean bottle, close it keeping it chilled, where it will keep for about four weeks.

For the Batch Mix: Pour the specified liquids into a sizeable container, leave to sit for an hour, then pass it through , ideally through muslin, to ensure it's perfectly clear.

When ready to serve: Add 85ml of the cocktail base to a mixing glass filled with ice, gently stirring gently for a minute to chill. Strain to a cold coupe glass or a similar vessel, decorate with the cranberries and finish by giving it a brief mist of mandarin oil over the top.