Brief Summary
This video provides a recipe for the "Don't Call Me Shirley" mocktail, a sophisticated twist on the classic Shirley Temple. The mocktail includes grenadine, soda water, lime juice, and lemon juice, garnished with cocktail cherries. The recipe emphasizes using homemade grenadine to avoid the artificial flavors of store-bought versions.
- Uses homemade grenadine
- Combines lime and lemon juice
- Topped with soda water and cocktail cherries
The video introduces the "Don't Call Me Shirley" mocktail, a more adult and classic take on the traditional Shirley Temple. The original Shirley Temple typically includes ginger ale, grenadine, lemon or lime, and maraschino cherries. This version aims for a less cloying and more refined flavor profile.
The ingredients for the "Don't Call Me Shirley" mocktail include homemade grenadine, soda water, lime juice, lemon juice, and cocktail cherries for garnish. The recipe creator recommends using homemade grenadine to avoid the overly sweet and artificial taste of store-bought versions. Soda water is used to lengthen the cocktail and balance the sweetness.
To prepare the mocktail, measure out 0.5 oz (15 mL) of lime juice and 0.5 oz (15 mL) of lemon juice and pour them into the bottom of the glass. Next, add 1.5 oz (45 mL) of homemade grenadine. Fill the glass with ice and top it off with soda water. Garnish with two cocktail cherries.
The presenter suggests stirring the mocktail before drinking. The "Don't Call Me Shirley" is described as a simple, clean, and refreshing drink, with a balance of pomegranate from the grenadine, citrus from the lemon and lime, and a touch of sweetness from the cherry juice.
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0:00 welcome to booze on the rocks and today we're going to make the don't call me Shirley mocktail now this is a riff of the original Shirley Temple mocktail and that was created and then named after the child actress Shirley Temple now that cocktail traditionally has ginger ale grenadine a little bit of lemon or lime and usually some gr cherries I nearly said Grine twice having said that this is a similar style cocktail that's a bit more grownup a bit more classic so let's get into those ingredients now like any Shirley's Temple style cocktail that don't call me Shirley actually starts with a little bit of grenadine now I'm using a homemade grenadine here if you want the recipe it's on boozar rocks.com you need a little bit of soda
0:46 water now this will remove a lot of that cloying syrupy sweetness that you would get from something like ginger ale or Sprite so it gives you a bit more of a lengthened cocktail that's really going to pull the flavors for you you also need some lime juice and of course a little bit of lemon juice from the biggest lemons in the world and for the garnish you need a couple of cocktail cherries I'm using starino now this is really really simple which is fantastic because I like simple cocktails and you're going to need to cut yourself a couple of pieces of fruit as I said lemon and lime but what you will need to do for each of these and these are exactly the same ingredients you will need to measure out half an ooun or 15 mL of lime juice plus another half an ooun or 15 M of lemon lemon juice both
1:31 poured directly into the bottom of the glass now you're probably wondering David why didn't you put in ice first well I'm following Colleen's directions on how to do this she actually builds it a very specific way so I'm going to follow it the exact same way now for your next ingredient you need your homemade grenadine and this will actually give you a better flavor than a store-bought grenadine and cut down some of that syrupy artificial you're going to use an ounce and a half or 45 Ms your next step is now to fill your glass with ice so you want to just fill it up all the way with a couple of decent sized cubes try not to let it Splash too much and then what you're going to do is top this up with some soda water I'm using club soda you could use something out of a u like safe San pelino or
2:17 doesn't really matter uh you just want to make sure you have something that doesn't have any extra flavor because you don't want to take away from what here once you done this you want to take a couple of cocktail cherries two to be precise and just kind of put them on top as your garnish and here you have the don't call me shirely absolutely gorgeous to look at but I do suggest before you do anything to actually give this a bit of a stir and honestly I would probably stick uh some ice in first and then the all the ingredients and a little bit of theh soda down first so it's easier to mix [Music] M beautiful it's simple it's clean it's
3:04 refreshing you get that pomegranate you get the citrus from the lemon and the lime and a little bit of that sweetness from from the cherry juice if you like mocktails take a look after the recipe card right over here [Music]
