The Holiday Cocktail – How to Make It

WThis is a simplified take on a cocktail featured on a new cocktail list. It's a party-sized premix which is bursting full of flavours associated with festive period, rendering it ideal for your celebration. Save the extra citrus syrup you can use for breakfast cocktails, puddings, or for another batch of this cocktail.

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Serves 10 servings

Ingredients for the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)

300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml newly squeezed lemon juice
500g caster sugar

To make the Cocktail (makes 850ml, serving 10)

400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach-flavored liqueur
200ml clementine cordial (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, as a final touch

Instructions

For the Syrup: Combine the listed items into a pan, heat until it reaches a light boil, stirring so the sugar melts. Then, turn off the heat allowing it to cool fully. Pour to a sealable bottle, cap it and store in the fridge, it can be stored for up to a month.

For the Batch Mix: Pour all the spirits and syrup in a large bottle, allow it to infuse for one hour, then pass it through best through a fine cloth, to ensure it's perfectly clear.

For serving: Pour 85ml of your cocktail base into your stirring glass filled with ice, gently stirring gently for one minute to cool it down. Filter into an cold coupe glass or equivalent, decorate with a few cranberries adding the final touch using a brief mist of mandarin oil over the drink.