La Petite Maison's Cocktail – A Recipe

WThis is an easy take on a drink featured on a new drinks list. Designed as a party-sized pre-mixed that is loaded with the essence of a Christmas time, making it excellent for your festive gathering. Reserve the remaining cordial for brunch beverages, puddings, or to make additional servings of bikinis.

Bikini

Serves 10 servings

To make the Citrus Syrup (yields 750ml)

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

Ingredients for the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)

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

Instructions

For the Cordial: Put all the ingredients inside a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing to dissolve. After that, remove from the heat and leave to reach room temperature entirely. Pour into a clean bottle, seal and refrigerate it chilled, it will last for around one month.

To make Premix: Pour all the liquid ingredients into one large bottle, allow it to infuse for one hour, then strain , ideally through cheesecloth, to ensure it's completely strained.

To serve: Measure 85ml from the batch mix into a mixing glass packed with ice, and stir gently for a minute to cool it down. Filter into a chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, garnish with some cranberries and complete it by giving it a brief mist of mandarin oil above the glass.

Robert Duran
Robert Duran

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