Shirley Temple Mocktail Recipe
Ginger ale and grenadine with a cherry — the classic non-alcoholic treat.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Ginger ale180 ml (6.1 oz)
- Grenadine15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Fresh lime juice5 ml (0.2 oz)
How to Make It
- Fill a glass with ice.
- Add ginger ale.
- Pour grenadine slowly so it sinks.
- Garnish with a cherry.
Garnish
Maraschino cherry
What it tastes like
The sweetness is pronounced and fruit notes come forward.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Grenadine
- Pomegranate syrup. Most supermarket bottles are dyed corn syrup with no pomegranate in them; reducing pomegranate juice with an equal weight of sugar takes ten minutes and changes the drink completely.
- Fresh lime juice
- Freshly squeezed lime. Bottled lime tastes cooked and flat; one lime gives about 30 ml. If you have none, half lemon and half grapefruit juice comes closest.
The Story
Named after the child actress, created at a Hollywood restaurant in the 1930s.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Shirley Temple mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Shirley Temple contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Shirley Temple hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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