We present a home-style take on a beverage featured on our latest drinks list. This is a large-volume premix that's loaded with the flavours associated with holiday season, which makes it perfect for hosting a celebration. Any leftover syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to make more rounds of the drink.
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Yields 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml fresh clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Fresh cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Method
Making the Citrus Syrup: Put every items inside a pan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Next, take off the stove and let it to cool completely. Pour into an clean bottle, close it and store in the refrigerator, where it will keep for about one month.
To make Cocktail Base: Combine the specified spirits and syrup in a large bottle, let it rest for 60 minutes, then filter it best through cheesecloth, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Add 85ml from the premix into your stirring glass filled with ice, and agitate gently for a minute to cool it down. Filter into a chilled martini glass or a similar vessel, decorate with some cranberries and finish with a brief mist with the mandarin essence above the glass.
