Passion Fruit Cocktail

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 fresh Passion fruit (fresh)
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄4 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Monin Passion Fruit Syrup
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of half a fresh passion fruit.
  3. Cut passion fruit in half and scoop out flesh into shaker.
  4. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice.
  5. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  6. Garnish with passion fruit half floated on surface.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Full-on passion fruit with gin and citrus.

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History:

Created in 2004 by yours truly.

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Ruth Harvey’s Avatar Ruth Harvey
29th December 2024 at 15:37
Didn't have any passion fruit syrup so substituted Passoa. Very balanced cocktail. Excellent. Thank you!
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Beth Schneider’s Avatar Beth Schneider
6th December 2024 at 19:08
Perfect balance of sweet and sour.
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István GT’s Avatar István GT
14th October 2024 at 16:32
Am I the only one who feels it's a bit boozy? Also, I didn't find it too sweet, I actually added some simple syrup, my passion fruit syrup might not be that sweet though.
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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
3rd July 2023 at 14:30
It is very interesting, in my version the cocktail came out fruity but quite dry. I added 2 drops of umami bitters to make the taste deeper, maybe one could use more ore alternatively some saline solution like in tequila cocktails.
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Grey Goose’s Avatar Grey Goose
9th April 2023 at 17:58
Loved it but found it too sweet so added a little extra lemon to balance it. The sweetness definitely masks the kick from the gin....dangerous! Good one for when guests are over
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Emily’s Avatar Emily
14th December 2022 at 03:15
Easy and tasty. Subbed passionfruit juice for the fresh, but used super-juice lemon so extra acidity there.
Added 1/4 ox ancho reyes for fun and it adds a nice subtle heat at the end.
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Jasmine Lee’s Avatar Jasmine Lee
16th June 2021 at 03:09
I didn’t have any passionfruit syrup, so I substituted with Passoa passionfruit liqueur and it worked very well!
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Vincent Dufour’s Avatar Vincent Dufour
26th September 2020 at 17:08
I also tried this one, well I am not a gin fan, but here it's a match. Be careful, the sweetness of this drink hides the alcohol, one more, two more, and you get surprised haha
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Sean Tiernan’s Avatar Sean Tiernan
13th January 2021 at 06:40
I just made this but instead of using Cointreau I swapped it for a coffee liqueur. I found this toned down the sweetness heaps. Plus if you like coffee, then gin, passionfruit and coffee mixed together is a match made in heaven.
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simon kitchen’s Avatar simon kitchen
2nd July 2020 at 13:45
For me this is better than a Porn Star martini, more balanced and interesting.
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