This Passion Fruit Mojito is a luscious and refreshing cocktail with a pleasant tropical aroma. Perfect for summer time!
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Hello everyone. I hope you are doing well. How are you dealing with heat waves that seem to keep hitting Europe and North America (And maybe somewhere else) lately. Technically, it has not been as bad as previous years here in Nova Scotia yet. But that’s all relevant. For me, everything is higher than 25 degrees C is a bad heatwave. And if there’s also humidity involved – no, thank you so much!
After a brief break we’re getting hit by another heat wave, and this time it appears to be rather brutal (Over 30 degrees C with the humidex reaching 38s or so.) I refuse this!
Thus, this was a good time to share this Passion Fruit Mojito, I thought. Normally, alcohol and heat are not good friends at all. But since a mojito is a relatively light cocktail, we can enjoy it. But please be mindful that if you don’t deal with heat well or have any health concerns (Including but not limited to heart and blood pressure conditions), you should probably avoid an alcoholic beverage. You can make a virgin mojito (Just skip the rum and use more soda) or this Passion Fruit Green Iced Tea instead.
On the other hand, if you can enjoy a cocktail or two during such heat, please also check this Lavender Mojito and this Rose Mojito.
Passion Fruit Mojito
This Passion Fruit Mojito is super easy to make with just a few simple ingredients. You will need white rum, fresh mint, lime juice, sugar (simple syrup or even honey), club soda or other sparkling water, ice, and obviously passion fruit pulp. I would recommend using fresh fruit (because you will only need two or three.) If fresh fruit is not available, frozen or canned pulp will do. Alternatively, you can use passion fruit juice. But since it’s sweeter, you might want to skip the additional sweetener. And talking about the sweetener, you can use traditional sugar or simple syrup. Also you can try honey. That was the way I made this cocktail, and honey worked perfectly! If your passion fruit or pulp is sweet enough, you should adjust the sweetness to your liking.
I hope you like this mojito, and you will try it next season! If you make it, let me know in this post or send me an Instagram message or share you photos adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.
Cheers!
Passion Fruit Mojito
Course: Drinks2
servings5
minutesThis Passion Fruit Mojito is a luscious and refreshing cocktail with a pleasant tropical aroma. Perfect for summer time!
Ingredients
2 oz. white rum
1 to 1 and 1/2 oz. lime juice or to taste
7-10 fresh mind leaves
2 to 3 oz. of passion fruit (pulp and seeds), that’s 2-3 large fruits or use frozen / canned pulp
1 to 2 tbsp. sugar or 1 tbsp. simple syrup or honey – see notes
a handful of crushed ice
soda or sparkling water, optional and to taste
Extra lime wedges, passion fruit, and mint sprigs for garnish
Directions
- Muddle mint leaves with sugar (simple syrup or honey) and lime juice in a tall glass or shaker.
- Stir in the passion fruit, club soda, and rum. Try and adjust the sweetness, if necessary
- Add crushed ice, and garnish with a lime wedge and mint sprig. Serve immediately.
Notes
- The amount of the sweetener will depend on the sweetness of your passion fruit or pulp. If you are using pulp, often it’s already sweetened, so you might need to adjust this to your taste. For this recipe I used liquid honey, and it worked wonderfully with passion fruit.
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This is defitneily my type of mojito, always love passionfruit everything
Sounds so refreshing, Ben. We’re big fans of passion fruit in the house—and rum, too—so I’m sure this would be a big hit.
Oh this sounds fantastic, Ben! It’s definitely been hot and humid down here in the South – this coming weekend looks to be brutal. I think we’ll be hunkering down (i.e. unpacking) inside a lot. I could see going for a drink on the deck in the evening, though. This mojito not only sounds delicious, but it looks awesome, too – that glass is perfect!! Stay cool, my friend!
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I would do the rum free version of this. Hope you don’t melt in the heat wave. For us, a heat wave is only when temperatures are above 40.
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Don’t you just love the aroma of passionfruit! This is such a fruity and refreshing drink.
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