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Passionfruit martini served in coupe cocktail glass with a thin slice of passion fruit on a metal tray

Hey it’s Friday again. I have been working day and night all week (and looks like I will be working most of the weekend as well) so a little break and a lovely cocktail are very much in order.

I truly adore the taste of passion fruit. I love them in baking – passionfruit curd is incredible in tarts (note to self: must make some very soon) – but they are even more suited to cocktails.

Close up on a passion fruit cocktail served in coupe cocktail glass with a thin slice of passion fruit

This passion fruit martini is elegant and sophisticated and just so, so lovely. I have used fresh passion fruit but you can buy passionfruit purée online to make things easier – especially useful if you plan to serve a few of these babies.

I have made this without the passionfruit liqueur and it is still delicious though it loses some of its punch. Take a look at the recipe card notes for links to these products.

As with all cocktails, make sure you taste before serving – you might need to adjust your drink. Dip a straw into the shaker and evaluate your Passionfruit Martini.

Fresh passion fruit juice be very sour or quite sweet which will affect the overall flavour. If the cocktail is too sweet add a little more lemon juice, if it is too sour you can add more sugar syrup.

Adding slice of passion fruit to porn star martini

Ingredients

Passionfruit liqueur: try Passoa, Edmond Briottet Fruits de la Passion (Passion Fruit) Liqueur, or Bols Passionfruit liqueur
Passion fruit purée: I recommend Funkin Pro if you plan to make a large number of cocktails. Note that once opened it needs to be used within 8 days. Monin passion fruit purée is another option with longer self life (needs to be consumed within 4 weeks) but it’s a bit cloying and thick so so use sparingly!
Homemade passion fruit syrup or Monin passion fruit syrup (flavoured sugar syrup)

How to Make a Passion Fruit Martini

↓ For the full ingredients and detailed method, jump to the recipe card.

STEP 1 Fill your martini glass with ice. Halve the passionfruit. Slice one thin sliver and set aside. Scoop the rest out the flesh / seeds into a small sieve. Press at the pulp with the back of the spoon and extract the juice (into your cocktail shaker).

STEP 2 Add all the remaining ingredients and fill the shaker with ice. Shake vigorously until frost forms on the outside of the shaker.

STEP 3 Discard the ice from the martini glass. Strain the cocktail into the glass. Decorate with a fine slice of passionfruit.

Passionfruit martini in a coupe glass on a metal tray with passion fruit on the side

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