Cinderella
Orange, lemon and pineapple, with grenadine for the ball gown.
Ingredients
Measures below are multiplied for 6 drinks. Unmeasurable amounts such as “a splash” are left as written.
- 360 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 360 ml line. Orange juice
- 120 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 120 ml line. Lemon juice
- 360 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 360 ml line. Pineapple juice
- 60 ml Jigger One large side (50 ml) of a standard jigger, plus two teaspoons. Grenadine
- 6 slices Orange slice (optional)
- 6 cherries Cherry (optional)
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Quick version
- Shake the three juices with ice, strain over ice and sink the grenadine through it.
Method
Pitcher (6 drinks)Pitcher (6 drinks) - about 900 ml of measured ingredients, before ice and dilution.
Timings and per-glass steps below are written for one drink and are not scaled. A full jug takes longer to chill, so stir or shake until it is properly cold rather than by the clock, and pour over fresh ice one glass at a time.
- 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
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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.