Inspired by Simone’s at 59 Franklin Street in Ellsworth, Maine. This recipe has landed itself as one of my 3 all time favorite cocktails. The ingredients call for the pulp and seeds of ½ of a fresh passion fruit (available at most grocery stores year round), which plays so nicely with the pineapple, true micro distilled vodka, and a little grenadine. When you shake, shake hard to break up the pulp around the seeds of the fresh passion fruit and to create a nice foam that will float to the top after pouring. Straining the cocktail will trap all of the seeds, so don’t worry about them. As a final touch, drizzle in ½ oz of grenadine, slowly drawing the patter of a heart in the foam. One sip, and you will fall in love.
Recipe Text:
- In an empty shaker glass, combine:
- 2 oz Twenty 2 Vodka
- The pulp (seeds and all) from 1 passion fruit
- 2 oz Pineapple Juice
- Fill shaker with ice and shake hard to break up the fruit pulp and create a nice foam
- Strain into a chilled martini glass
- Slowly drizzle 1/2 oz grenadine, drawing a heart pattern in the foam as you pour
- Garnish with a skewered chunk of Pineapple
) are sweetened just right with some grenadine. And since we’re also celebrating President’s Day this weekend, we threw in a cherry at the bottom in honor of that infamous cherry tree legend says Washington chopped down. Happy Valentine’s Day!
