La Petite Maison's Drink – A Recipe
WThis is a home-style take on a cocktail from the seasonal menu. Designed as a party-sized prepared mix that's bursting full of tastes of a festive period, which makes it ideal for your celebration. Save the extra syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to make additional servings of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 guests
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
To make the Drink (produces 850ml, serving 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Place the listed items inside a pot, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Next, remove from the burner allowing it to cool entirely. Decant into a sterilised bottle, seal and store in the refrigerator, it will last for about four weeks.
For the Cocktail Base: Combine all the liquid ingredients in a big jug, let it rest for an hour, then pass it through preferably using a fine cloth, making it fully clarified.
When ready to serve: Measure 85ml of your batch mix into your cocktail shaker containing ice, and agitate lightly for one minute until cold. Filter into an cold coupe glass or similar, decorate with the cranberries and complete it using a brief mist with the mandarin essence above the glass.
