Passion Fruit Mojito

This hot summer has been a regular occurrence of creating frozen mojitos that perfectly thaw in time for our arrival at the beach. And as we start to get more into this mixology bit, we have started to experiment more with different versions of the mojitos. Yesterday we experimented with a yellow skinned watermelon. It seems proportions will be key to making a flavored mojito still taste like a mojito but accent the new fruit that is being introduced to pair with the mojito.

Today I finally saw passion fruit in its fresh fruit form at Whole Foods. I guess Whole Foods would be the place to sell random exotic things like this so that crazy people like me can spend $2 on a fruit the size of a mini lemon. So of course I had to buy it so we could experiment with it back at home. After watching a video on how to eat a passion fruit I realized I was jipped as they are supposed to be the size of a small Florida orange.

Buying passion fruit reminded me of my days back in Philly sipping on passion fruit mojitos in the outdoor clubs. It also reminded me of passion fruit tea with the little specks of black floating around. Now I knew where the actual fruit came from. The seeds were actually grinded with the pulp to create a nice sweet sour fruit taste.

For our drink and because of my cheapness, we used the normal recipe for a mojito but added in only the juice of one passion fruit, discarding the seeds and the pulp. Is that the right technique? This is questionable as I tend to think the seeds are what give the fruit its extra kick. Shane however believes it might leave a less than desirable texture in the drink. Thoughts?

Passion Fruit Mojito Recipe

As Prepared
1/3 oz juice of 1 passion fruit strained and deseeded.
2 oz juice yielded from 1 lime
1.5 oz simple syrup
small handful of mint
1.5 oz rum
club soda to top the glass

Next time
use the seeds
less lime to bring out the passion fruit taste more
use 2 oz of simple syrup
use 2 oz of rum

The Basics

We've been trying to come up with the right proportions of the basic ingredients as that is usually the key to making a good drink not taste so much like well an alcoholic drink.

Here's what we think works. Please provide opinion on whether you agree or not.

Sour Mix
2 sour : 1 sweet

Syrup
1 sugar : 1 Sweet

Drink
2 sour mix : 1 alcohol

Welcome

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Shane & Chi