Best Passion Fruit Mai Tai Recipes

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PASSION FRUIT MAI TAI



Passion Fruit Mai Tai image

A popular libation at tiki-themed gatherings, this refreshing rendition calls for passion fruit and three different fruit juices.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes     Cocktail Recipes

Yield Makes 2

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 fresh passion fruit (optional)
1 1/4 cups fresh or canned pineapple juice
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
2 ounces light rum
2 ounces dark rum
1 ounce orange-flavored liqueur, such as Triple Sec or Cointreau
1 small pineapple, thinly sliced, for garnish (optional)

Steps:

  • Halve passion fruit crosswise, if using. Press flesh through a sieve set over a small bowl to extract juice; discard solids.
  • Combine passion fruit, pineapple, orange, and lime juices in a cocktail shaker. Add rums and orange liqueur, and shake well. Fill two 16-ounce highball glasses halfway with crushed ice; strain juice mixture into glasses, dividing evenly. Garnish with a pineapple slice, if desired.

MAI TAI



Mai Tai image

An easy Mai Tai cocktail recipe

Categories     Fruit Juice     Rum     Alcoholic     Orange     Almond     Gourmet     Drink

Yield Makes 1 serving

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 oz (2 tablespoons) dark rum
1 oz (2 tablespoons) amber rum
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1/2 oz (1 tablespoon) Cointreau or triple sec
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon orgeat syrup* or 1 drop pure almond extract
1 teaspoon superfine granulated sugar
Dash of grenadine
Garnish: an orange slice

Steps:

  • Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with 1 cup ice cubes, then strain into a glass filled with ice cubes.
  • *Available at Fortunes Coffee Roastery Inc. (888-327-5282).

MAI TAI



Mai Tai image

There are raging debates about the invention of and the proper recipe for this drink among tiki connoisseurs. The more accepted versions are granted to Victor J. Bergeron, the irascible, wooden-legged "Trader Vic," from his eponymous restaurant bar in Oakland, Calif., in the '40s. Contrary to what you might think, the mai tai is actually just a rum sour, employing orgeat alongside Curaçao or triple sec as the sweetener, and using two rums to add complexity. The rest is just lime juice, and that's it. No coconut, no passion fruit, pineapple, mango or orange juice. No umbrellas. It's a relatively simple drink, but as such, each element has to be of the utmost quality; great rums, fresh lime juice and prefab orgeat syrup equal disappointment. But when concocted with homemade orgeat, all the tumblers click. The rums, the lime, the orange aromatics and the heft of the almond all play in stupendous balance.

Provided by Toby Cecchini

Categories     brunch, easy, cocktails

Yield Serves 1

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 ounce light rum
1 ounce gold rum
½ ounce orgeat syrup (see recipe) or amaretto
½ ounce orange Curaçao or Cointreau
Juice of 1 lime.

Steps:

  • Combine ingredients in a shaker with crushed or cracked ice and shake vigorously. Pour, with shaken ice, into a double old-fashioned glass and garnish with the spent lime shell and a sprig of fresh mint. Some, who live large and dangerously, like to float an extra 1/2 ounce of dark rum atop it.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 232, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams, Carbohydrate 21 grams, Fat 0 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 7 milligrams, Sugar 12 grams

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