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A fruity drink suitable for all occasions.

Ingredients

1 measureGin
3/4 measureCreme de cassis
3/4 measurePineapple juice
Top up withOrange juice
1 dash ofPassion fruit syrup
0.5 slice ofOrange
1 piece ofPineapple
1 greenMaraschino cherry
CrackedIce

Method

Shake all the ingredients, excluding the passion fruit syrup and orange juice, together with the ice in the shaker and strain over over ice into the glass. Top up with orange juice and float the passion fruit syrup on top of the drink.

Spear the fruit on the toothpick to lay across the rim of the glass to finish.

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