WThis is a home-style take on a drink featured on a new menu. This is a party-sized prepared mix which is bursting with flavours of a festive period, which makes it ideal for a celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup to use in breakfast cocktails, sweets, or to mix more rounds of the drink.
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Makes enough for 10 servings
Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml fresh lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Drink (yields 850ml, serving 10)
400ml premium vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml citrus syrup (as made above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Instructions
For the Syrup: Place all the components into a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil, stirring to dissolve. Then, remove from the burner allowing it to reach room temperature entirely. Transfer to a sterilised bottle, close it and refrigerate it in the fridge, it will last for around one month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Pour every liquid ingredients in a big jug, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then pass it through , ideally through cheesecloth, so it's completely strained.
To serve: Measure 85ml from the batch mix into a cocktail shaker packed with ice, and agitate lightly for a minute to cool it down. Filter to a frosted cocktail glass or equivalent, decorate with some cranberries adding the final touch with a light spray with the mandarin essence over the top.
