Grenadine

Bellini

Ingredients

Champagne

3 oz.

Pureed Peaches

3 oz.

Lemon Juice

1 dash.

Black Currant Juice or Grenadine

1 dash.

Method

Pour white peach juice into a wine glass or champagne flute, if available. Add a dash of lemon juice (more if peach nectar is substituted) and a dash of black currant juice or grenadine for colour. Fill with chilled champagne.

Mai Tai

Ingredients

Light Rum

2 oz.

Triple Sec

1 oz.

Orgeat (or almond-flavoured syrup)

1 tbsp.

Grenadine

1 tbsp.

Lime Juice

1 tbsp.

Pineapple, cherry

Powdered Sugar

1/2 tsp.

Method

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass about one-third full of crushed ice. Decorate with a maraschino cherry speared to a wedge of fresh pineapple. Serve with straws. For a kickier Mai Tai, try topping the drink with a dash of high-proof dark rum.

New Yorker

Ingredients

Bourbon

1 1/2 oz.

Grenadine

Dashes.

Lime

1 wedge.

Method

Pour bourbon over ice cubes in an old-fashioned glass, squeeze lime wedge into drink and drop into glass, add grenadine, stir well,

Pink Lady

Ingredients

Gin

2 oz.

Grenadine

1 tsp.

Cherry Brandy

1/2 tsp.

Heavy Cream

1/2 oz.

Egg White

1.

Method

Combine all of the ingredients in a shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Planter's Punch

Ingredients

Lime Juice

2 limes.

Powdered Sugar

2 tsp.

Club Soda

2 oz.

Bitters

2 dashes.

Light or Dark Rum

2 1/2 oz.

Grenadine

1 dash.

Lemon, Orange, Pineapple, Stemmed Cherry

Method

Mix first three ingredients in a collins glass, add ice cubes, and stir until glass is frosted. Add bitters and rum. Stir and top with grenadine. Decorate with slices of lemon, orange, pineapple and a stemmed cherry. Serve with a straw.

Shirley Temple

Ingredients

Grenadine

1 dash.

Ginger Ale

Orange

1 slice.

Stemmed Cherry

1.

Method

Add grenadine to a collins or highball glass filled with ice; top with ginger ale. Decorate with an orange slice and cherry.

Tequila Sunrise

Ingredients

Tequila

2 oz.

Orange Juice

4 oz.

Grenadine

3/4 oz.

Lime

1 wedge.

Method

Squeeze lime into a large highball glass half-filled with ice and drop it into the glass. Stir tequila and orange juice with ice and strain into the glass. Pour in grenadine slowly and allow to settle. Stir to complete the sunrise.

Zombie

Ingredients

Dark Rum

2 oz.

Light Rum

3/4 oz.

High-proof Dark Rum

1/2 oz.

Lemon Juice

1 1/4 oz.

Grenadine

3 dashes.

Blood Orange Juice

3/4 oz.

Cherry Brandy

3/4 oz.

Method

Combine all ingredients well over ice cubes in a shaker and strain into a large, frosted highball glass over crushed ice. The drink can be garnished with a stick of pineapple, a cherry, or a sprig of fresh mint dipped in powdered sugar.