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Difford's Guide · 2023-05-09T09:51:50+00:00

A passion fruit and vanilla crowd-pleaser that's balanced with zesty lime, often served with sparkling wine on the side

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Avery Garnett

1st August 2023 at 18:21

Lots of passionfruit. Like a melted tropical ice cream. The vanilla was a lot more subtle than I expected.

Chris Lamb

8th June 2023 at 00:52

I remember drinking these in LAB in 2008 or 2009, not knowing that I was actually drinking a little bit of cocktail history - its my only claim to fame. Would love to know if anyone has recipes for other LAB cocktails, particularly the creamy Solero vanilla/passionfruit concoction.

Simon Difford

9th June 2023 at 08:25

Many thanks, Chris. Anther one from the good old days to try. By the way, we are working to improve the presentation of these comments so they appear as a thread.

Chris Lamb

8th June 2023 at 16:33

Great question! I've done some research via old photos found on the internet and have started on https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/11377/solero (NB. the ratios are completely made up)

JAmes Cooksley

24th April 2023 at 16:13

Funny how Simon posts links to YouTube but your not allowed to copy paste…

N L

30th March 2023 at 22:47

Here is the link to what I believe to be the original Porn Star Martini: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/17710/porn-star-martini-original

N L

29th March 2023 at 10:08

Note that unlike the current picture, you probably want more foam on top, which you should get from properly shaking passion fruit purée.

Also note that originally no lime belongs in a Porn Star martini, the passion fruit itself already provides enough tardness (said Douglas Ankrah who invented the Porn Star Martini)

Simon Difford

31st March 2023 at 07:08

I drank Porn Stars in both LAB and Townhouse, the latter made by Douglas. In later years he and most others used passion fruit puree but originally the Porn Star was made with fresh passion fruits, as per the recipe in Douglas' own 2004 book. I very much hope he was sponsored by Funkin as he was a great ambassador for passion fruit puree and his cocktail continues to be a massive driver of its sale. My earliest notes have the Porn Star made with lime juice and that remains my preferred recipe. A high-quality passion fruit puree works well in place of fresh fruit, but either way, I prefer with lime juice.

N L

30th March 2023 at 22:35

@SimonDifford Not saying you are wrong, I have never been at Townhouse or LAB not have I met or chatted with Douglas, but I did check multiple interviews with him and in all of them he shows to do it with puree and without lime, and he even remarks that lime does not belong and puree is essential. I do not know why we have a different recipe. Here are my sources: 1) https://punchdrink.com/articles/bartender-douglas-ankrah-pornstar-martini-cocktail-recipe/ 2) (this one is in Dutch) https://www.entreemagazine.nl/dranken/de-evolutie-van-de-pornstar-martini-een-gebakje-in-een-glas 3) A video of Douglas himself demonstrating how to make a porn star martini (just weeks before his death btw, he only lived till 51) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5nkhK_8_w . Personally I think the recipe I posted is true to his recipe, based on these sources which seem pretty convincing, so I think there should be no lime, and you need puree.