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Waltzing Matilda

Name: Waltzing Matilda
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 fresh Passion fruit; 30 ml Gin; 60 ml Sauvignon Blanc wine; 5 ml Orange Curaçao; 45 ml Ginger ale

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Ingredients
1 fresh	Passion fruit (fresh)
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
2 fl oz	Sauvignon Blanc wine
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.

Method

Cut passion fruit in half and scoop out flesh into shaker.
Add next 3 ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
STRAIN (fine strain if you don't want passion fruit seeds in cocktail) into ice-filled glass.
TOP with ginger ale and briefly stir.

Garnish

Garnish with orange slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

17.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Sauvignon Blanc wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe from David Embury's 1948 book, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

WALTZING MATILDA
1 part Passion-Fruit Nectar
1 part White Gin (I recommend Beefeater)
2 parts Dry White Wine
A few dashes Orange Curaçao to each drink
Shake well with cracked ice and strain into Collins glasses, filling each glass about 1/3 full. Add ice cubes and fill glass up with club soda or ginger ale.
The above, which is the original recipe is a tall drink. It can be served as a cocktail, omitting the soda or ginger ale.
David Embury, 1948

Review

Passion fruit, gin, wine and ginger ale all combine well in this fruity, yet dry, refreshing drink.

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Comments & Discussion

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Charlie Forbes Premium Member 1y

Unable to find decent fresh passion fruit, I made do w/ 1.5 oz. of puree. Mouthfeel was still a bit viscous for my taste, so doubled up on ginger ale. I imagine this would also be good w/ papaya or mango.

James Brooke Premium Member 5y

Interesting that the photo seems to show a drink that has not been fine strained because it still has the seeds I it, but the instructions are to fine strain. I’ll try both versions when I make it later today and report back.

Tom W 5y

The passion fruit makes this special - glad I cheated by not straining out the seeds. It's an interesting name for a cocktail with no obvious Aussie connection.

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