WHere is a home-style take on a cocktail featured on our latest cocktail list. It's a batch prepared mix that's bursting with the tastes of a holiday season, which makes it excellent for hosting a holiday party. Any leftover syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or to make more rounds of the drink.
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Serves 10 people
To make the Clementine Syrup (produces 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Cocktail (yields 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml good quality vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, as a garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch
Directions
Making the Citrus Syrup: Put all the components in a saucepan, heat until it reaches a simmer, mixing so the sugar melts. Then, turn off the heat allowing it to cool entirely. Transfer to a sterilised bottle, close it and store in the fridge, where it will keep for about a month.
Preparing the Cocktail Base: Mix every liquid ingredients into a large bottle, leave to sit for 60 minutes, then filter it preferably using cheesecloth, to ensure it's completely strained.
For serving: Pour 85ml from the batch mix to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, gently stirring carefully for one minute to chill. Pour to a frosted cocktail glass or a similar vessel, top with the cranberries and complete it with a brief mist of the essential oil over the top.
