Passion Fruit Daiquiri
Prep 5 mins Muddle 1 min Shake & Pour 1 min Drink 7 mins
My new evening splurge is a daiquiri cocktail, but not just any daiquiri…I’m talking about a Passion Fruit Daiquiri or a Kiwano Horned Melon Daiquiri. The combination of sweet and sour accented by the punch of some good quality rum makes me feel like I should be wearing a Mary Quant dress with heels and sinking into the couch of a sunken living room. Serve this with some delicious appetizers. Maybe some Deviled Eggs or my Hatch Chile and Artichoke Dip with some salty tortilla chips. You get the picture! A cocktail perfect for entertaining, but just as nice to enjoy on the couch with someone you love!
Melissa’s Produce (l to r) Clean Snax, Sweet Sapphire Grapes, Red Kidney Beans, Sweet Onions, Pomegranate, Chia Seeds,, Keitt Green Mango, Pepitas, Finger Lime, Rambutan, Cactus Pear,, Kiwano Horned Melon and Passion Fruit.
BRING OUT THE FREAKY FRUITS FOR HALLOWEEN!
I was inspired to make this cocktail by some “freaky fruits” that Melissa’s Produce and a friend who has a passion fruit vine had given me. After learning how to ripen a passion fruit, I am ready to shake and stir some cocktails.
Ripened Passion Fruits are wrinkly.
I learned how to ripen passion fruits a few years ago as a result of purchasing some fresh passion fruits from a grove in Tahiti. On this magical trip (see pictures here), about 15 of us left our anchored sailboats on the coast of Raiatea for a day to dinghy up the river to a private family hillside home. Our tour guide, James, the young man who lived there, was very engaging and used some impressive sales techniques to gather our group together from three separate sailboats. At the end of his tour, we purchased a large bag of passion fruits from him. Throughout our trip, we found fruit stands along the road selling yummy fresh mangoes, papayas and lettuce on all the French Polynesian islands. This was how you obtained the local produce of the islands – not at the local grocery store.
The Passion Fruit Daiquiri I attempted in Tahiti.
At the sacred Taputapuātea Marae complex on Raiatea Island, a political, ceremonial and funerary centre that dates back 1000 years.
I was excited to make Passion Fruit Cocktails for everyone on board our sailboat, had I only known that passion fruits must be ripened until they are shriveled looking and ready to throw out – that’s when they turn sweet, which was about the time it was for us to go home. I enjoyed a nice sour cocktail anyway!! …and we threw some of our passion fruits into the ocean as an offering to the gods as we sailed by the sacred Marae Taputapuatea on Raiatea where the Maoris set off to discover New Zealand nearly 1000 years ago.
Ripened passion fruit ready for your cocktail. Freaky looking, right?
How to Make a Passion Fruit Daiquiri
So now that you know a little about Tahitian history and how to ripen a passion fruit, you can learn the secret to a great Passion Fruit Daiquiri. You get a surprise when you slice open the passion fruit, While the seeds are edible, you can either keep them in your cocktail or strain them out, as I did with a cocktail shaker.
Kiwano Horned Melon – another freaky fruit – perfect for a Kiwano Melon Daiquiri!
Now if you don’t have a passion fruit, don’t let that stop you. I strained the juice from the seeds of a Kiwano Horned Melon in place of the passion fruit. But why stop there? I see a Watermelon Daiquiri or a Pomegranate Daiquiri in my future!
A quick and rewarding Passion Fruit Daiquiri in only 7 minutes.
The Passion Fruit Daiquiri will take you only 7 minutes until you are enjoying it with some nice appetizers. Stuffed Cremini Mushroom Caps anyone? or Roasted Chile and Artichoke Dip? or Grilled Tomato and Cucumber Bruschetta? or Red Pepper and Tomato Tapenade?
Strain out the passion fruit seeds with a cocktail shaker or leave them in.
Juice a lime, mix in some sugar, water and rum, and muddle the passion fruit in a cocktail shaker or a pitcher with some ice. Strain out the seeds or not…Passion Fruit Daiquiris. Add a little passion to your life with a Passion Fruit Daiquiri!
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Passion Fruit Daiquiri
Ingredients
- 1 ripe wrinkled passion fruit (about 1/4 cup fruit)
- 1 lime juiced
- 2 ounces rum
- 1/8 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups + ice
Instructions
- Juice lime and slice open the passion fruit. Scoop out the passion fruit – seeds and all. Pour into a pitcher or cocktail shaker with the lime. Pour 1/2 cup water into the juicer, swish around and then pour into the pitcher with the rum and sugar. Muddle it all together with a wooden muddle or wooden spoon.
- Add ice to the pitcher or cocktail shaker. Shake or stir and strain into some martini glasses.
- Serve with some appetizers and pretend you are fancy!
- ENJOY THIS RECIPE FROM FRESHFOODINAFLASH.COM
Nutrition
Passion Fruit Daiquiri
1 ripe, wrinkled passion fruit (about 1/4 cup fruit)
1 lime, juiced
2 ounces rum
1/8 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 cups + ice
1. Juice lime and slice open the passion fruit. Scoop out the passion fruit – seeds and all. Pour into a pitcher or cocktail shaker with the lime. Pour 1/2 cup water into the juicer, swish around and then pour into the pitcher with the rum and sugar. Muddle it all together with a wooden muddle or wooden spoon.
2. Add ice to the pitcher or cocktail shaker. Shake or stir and strain into some martini glasses.
3. Serve with some appetizers and pretend you are fancy!
Servings: 2 – 140 calories per serving
Absolutely brilliant. I love passion fruit and can’t wait to try this.