WHere is a home-style take on a cocktail from a new menu. It's a large-volume prepared mix that's bursting full of tastes of a holiday season, which makes it excellent for your holiday party. Reserve the remaining citrus syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, desserts, or to mix additional servings of the drink.
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Yields 10 guests
Ingredients for the Citrus Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g granulated sugar
To make the Premix (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml London dry gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Syrup: Combine all the ingredients into a pan, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, mixing to dissolve. After that, remove from the burner allowing it to reach room temperature completely. Decant into an sterilised bottle, cap it keeping it in the fridge, it can be stored for about one month.
Preparing the Premix: Pour the specified liquid ingredients into one sizeable container, allow it to infuse for an hour, then strain preferably using muslin, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Pour 85ml of your cocktail base into your cocktail shaker filled with ice, and stir lightly for about 60 seconds until cold. Pour into a cold coupe glass or equivalent, decorate with a few cranberries adding the final touch by giving it a brief mist with the mandarin essence above the glass.
