Shirley Temple

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This is one of the most famous of classic non-alcoholic cocktails. Shirley Temple Black became a respected diplomat, but this cocktail dates from the days when she was an immensely popular child film star in the 1930s.

Ingredients:

8-10 cracked ice cubes

2 measures lemon juice

½ measure grenadine

½ measure sugar syrup

Ginger ale, to top up

Slice of orange

Cocktail cherry, to decorate

Method:

1. Put 4-6 cracked ice cubes into a cocktail shaker.

2. Pour the lemon juice, grenadine and sugar syrup over the ice and shake vigorously.

3. Half fill a small, chilled glass with cracked ice cubes and strain the cocktail over them. Top up with ginger ale. Decorate with an orange slice and a cocktail cherry.