Cinderella
Orange, lemon and pineapple, with grenadine for the ball gown.
Ingredients
- 60 ml Jigger One large side (50 ml) of a standard jigger, plus two teaspoons. Orange juice
- 20 ml Spoons A tablespoon and a teaspoon. Lemon juice
- 60 ml Jigger One large side (50 ml) of a standard jigger, plus two teaspoons. Pineapple juice
- 10 ml Spoons Two teaspoons. Grenadine
- 1 slice Orange slice (optional)
- 1 cherry Cherry (optional)
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What the jigger, the spoons and the jug hold, in millilitres and in fluid ounces, is on the measures reference.
Quick version
- Shake the three juices with ice, strain over ice and sink the grenadine through it.
Method
- Shake the orange, lemon and pineapple juices with ice for 10 seconds.
- Strain over fresh ice in a highball glass.
- Trickle the grenadine down the inside of the glass so it sinks rather than mixing.
- Add a slice of orange and a cherry, and serve it with a stirrer.
Serve it
Cinderella
One of the standard mocktails of the last century, mixed wherever a bar wanted something for a guest who was not drinking and could not face another orange juice. It is essentially a fruit cup without the wine - pineapple for body, orange for sweetness, lemon to stop it all being syrupy - and it has stayed on the lists because the formula works.
Getting it right
Squeeze the lemon juice fresh and don't be tempted to leave it out; without it the drink is three sweet juices and the whole thing sits heavily. The grenadine is there to look like a sunrise as it sinks, so add it last and don't stir it: the first mouthful should be orange and the last should be pink. Fresh pineapple juice, if you have a blender and five spare minutes, is a different drink entirely.
Tasting notes
Tropical and juicy, with orange and pineapple in the lead and a tart lemon edge somewhere behind them. It is a long, easy, undemanding drink, and there is nothing wrong with that.