Liven up cocktail hour with this easy tropical passionfruit and lime gin martini recipe.
At the beginning of the month, my 6-year old son came home with an art project from his first grade class. On one side of a paper plate, he had glued yellow and brown curly pieces of construction paper, with a smiling lion's face drawn in the middle. A fuzzy cotton ball lamb stared out shyly (or perhaps that would be "sheep"ishly) from the other side of the plate. He handed the two-headed project to me and announced, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Did you know that, Mum?"
At the time, March was certainly roaring like a lion, snow drifting in day after day. I was feeling relatively bitter towards Punxsatawney Phil by that point (that is the last time I trust a groundhog), and was eager to believe my son's pronouncement. If we could put our heads down and power through another week or two of snow, we would be rewarded with spring flowers, blue skies and the warmth of the sun. Well, the flowers made an appearance, but today their delicate petals were pummeled by the wind and covered in cold, white flakes.
At that point, I had two choices. I could either sink further into my pit of bitterness or I could pretend that I had an influence on the changing of the seasons. For my sanity, I went with the latter approach. Out came the cocktail shaker and in went ingredients that make me think of warm weather. Passionfruit and lime juices were vigorously shaken with gin (the choice of any self-respecting Englishman living in a tropical climate) to make a slightly sweet, refreshing martini. The only thing that was missing was the paper umbrella. Out like a lamb, indeed.
The recipe:
Pour passionfruit juice, gin and lime juice into a cocktail shaker filled partway with ice.
Shake well and strain into two martini glasses.
Garnish each glass with a slice of lime. Serve.
Printable Recipe
Passionfruit & Lime Gin Martini Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 ounces passionfruit juice
- 2 ounces gin
- 1 ounce fresh lime juice
- ice
Instructions
- Pour passionfruit juice, gin and lime juice into a cocktail shaker filled partway with ice.
- Shake well and strain into two martini glasses.
- Garnish each glass with a slice of lime. Serve.
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The Newlywed Chefs
Oh Yum! These sound so refreshing!!
EatLiveRun
Can I request one of these right now? Or maybe make it two...
Julie M.
I feel springier just looking at this delicious drink! Hopefully you'll be out from underneath the white stuff soon. I think we're all more than done at this point.
fooddreamer
Okay, now we're talkin', Dara. I love a good martini and usually I just have the gin and olive kind, but this sounds delicious!
Amanda
Gorgeous!
HeatherChristo
Beautiful. Plus I am always game for anything in a cocktail glass!
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc.
This sounds good!
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking
What a lovely cocktail! I adore the flavors you used... Already dreaming of sitting outside on a hot summer night enjoying this beauty!
Meghan
I absolutely love passionfruit! I use it all the time in my desserts and I love it in cocktails! Makes me think of warm weather too 🙂
Barbara | VinoLuciStyle
I'll make this right now, for breakfast, if it will do the job. Sunny today but I can hear the furnace running and I'm craving spring warmth in the worst way; I can see how one of these would help!
Magic of Spice
I'll take two!
Suzanne
I'm going to make this, but I'm not going to share. This serves ONE. Me. LOL!!
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
LOL. Thanks, Suzanne.
Maria
Such a pretty drink!
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
Thanks, Maria.
Island Vittles
The perfect drink for the first weekend of spring. (Whether mother nature admits it's spring or not 😉 )Theresa
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
Let's hope this drink works its magic on the weather.
Tracy
Sounds refreshing! I hope it makes the snow go away because I am so ready for spring!
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
That's what I'm hoping too, Tracy.
Heather Davis
Love, love, love cocktails! These look very simple but incredibly drinkable. Perfect.
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
Thanks, Heather. This really couldn't be any simpler to make.
Alicia
These look so refreshing! Perfect considering we got over a FOOT of snow on Wednesday! Let's hope it disappears for good just in time for April to roll in.
Maris (In Good Taste)
That does look good Dara and I love the pictures.
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
Thanks so much, Maris. Next time we're in the same place at the same time, let's plan on raising a glass.
Drick
now I normally do not veer to far from my bourbon & coke, but this looks mighty tempting to break-in the weekend.... Lets hope April brings you those spring flowers and a kiss of sunshine
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
Yes, I'm hoping that April weather will treat us nicely.
Katrina
Yummy recipe! This looks lovely.
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
Thanks, Katrina.