Name: Passion Fruit Vodka Martini Cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 oz Vodka; 2 oz Passion Fruit Juice; 0.5 oz Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Simple Syrup; 1 oz Sparkling Soda Water; 1/2 Passion Fruit (garnish)

This Passion Fruit Martini recipe is our favourite vodka drink to shake up at home when a craving for a beach vacation hits!

Our quick & easy Vodka Passion Fruit Cocktail recipe is both sweet and tangy. It’s best served on a hot day in the summer on a patio or at a backyard barbecue.

The tropical drink is prepared with premium vodka, fresh lemon, simple syrup, passion fruit juice and sparkling soda water.

Serve with a passion fruit float and you’ll have your guests gasping with glee!

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What Is A Passion Fruit Martini?

The martini is a classic cocktail, an American invention typically prepared with gin and vermouth. It’s traditionally garnished with an olive or a lemon twist.

By 1922 the martini reached its most recognizable form in which London dry gin and dry vermouth are combined at a ratio of 2:1, stirred in a mixing glass with ice cubes, with the optional addition of orange or aromatic bitters, then strained into a chilled cocktail glass.

The exact origin of the martini is unclear. The name is thought to derive from the Martini brand of vermouth. Another popular theory suggests it evolved from a cocktail called the Martinez served sometime in the early 1860s at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco, which people frequented before taking an evening ferry to the nearby town of Martinez, California.

The world’s favourite spy James Bond often ordered vodka martinis, which substitute vodka for gin, to be “shaken, not stirred”, following Harry Craddock’s 1930’s The Savoy Cocktail Book, which prescribes shaking for all its martini recipes.

In the early 2000s the popularity of the HBO show Sex and the City made martini sipping all the rage again. Martini bars popped up in big city’s across North America, serving the classic iteration as well as fruity concoctions as brands like Absolut and Smirnoff launched a parade of fruit-flavoured vodkas.

Our Passion Fruit Martini pays homage to the classic cocktail by combining premium vodka with tropical passion fruit juice. You can serve it in a classic martini glass or coup.

Traditional Passion Fruit Martini recipe ingredients.

What Is Passion Fruit?

The term ‘passion fruit’ in English comes from the passion flower, as an English translation of the Latin genus name, Passiflora.

Passion fruits are round or oval, and range from a width of 1.5 to 3 inches. They can be yellow, red, purple, and green.

The fruits have a juicy edible centre composed of a large number of seeds. The part of the fruit that is eaten is the pulpy juicy seeds. Passion fruits can also be squeezed to make juice. It is also used in pastries and cocktails like this Passion Fruit Martini recipe.

Passion fruit tastes like a blend of sour and sweet with a very floral finish and citrus notes. It’s a little like pineapple or yellow kiwi, though some say it tastes like grapefruit, pear, and guava.

This easy Passion Fruit Martini is made with premium vodka.

Vodka Passion Fruit Cocktail Ingredients

This homemade Vodka Passion Fruit Cocktail recipe is made with fresh and premium ingredients.

Vodka: we tested this recipe with Dillon’s Vodka, Absolut and Stoli.
Passion Fruit Juice: this bright yellow juice adds a tangy tropical flavour to the drink.
Lemon Juice: only use freshly squeezed lemon juice. You can taste the difference when someone incorrectly muddles cocktails with store bought citrus juice.
Simple Syrup: sweeten the martini with homemade simple syrup.
Sparkling Water: add a splash of club soda or San Pellegrino to the drink before serving.
Garnish: slice a passion fruit in half and gently drop it into the cocktail glass so it floats, seed-side up.

Garnish the drink with a passion fruit float.

Cocktail Recipe Tips

This Passion Fruit Martini recipe is easy to make at home, ready to serve in under 5 minutes.

We love serving this tropical drink on hot days in the summer at family barbecues and patio cocktail hours.

Our Vodka Passion Fruit Cocktail recipe below is listed for one person. If you’re hosting a large gathering feel free to multiply the ingredients by the number of guests and prepare it in a large punch bowl or jug so it’s easy to serve to a crowd.

Before your guests arrive store the vodka bottle in the freezer so it’s well chilled when you’re ready to shake up the drinks.

Serve this cocktail in a coupe or martini glass.

We like to garnish the glass with a passion fruit float but you can also serve with a lime wedge or dehydrated citrus wheel.

Serving Suggestions

If you’re hosting a cocktail party it’s best to serve a selection of snacks to pair with the drinks you’re mixing for guests at the bar. Here are some of our favourite finger foods to pair with craft cocktails:

Passion Fruit Vodka Martini Photo Image.

Best Selling Vodka

In the 90’s vodka was all the rage, as martini bars sprung up in cocktail-loving North American cities like Toronto and New York.

Vodka is a clear distilled alcoholic beverage. Different varieties originated in Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Vodka is composed mainly of water and ethanol but sometimes with traces of impurities and flavourings. Traditionally, it is made by distilling liquid from fermented cereal grains.

Here are some of the world’s best selling vodka brands and our local small batch favourites:

Grey Goose: the world’s top selling premium vodka has been produced in France since the 1990s.
Belvedere: is a close second for world’s favourite premium vodka brand. The Polish rye vodka is named after Belweder, the Polish presidential palace in Warsaw.
Stolichnaya: also known as Stoli, is produced in Riga, Latvia. The brand produces a wide variety of flavoured vodkas, perfect for seasonal cocktail parties.
Titos: began as a small-batch vodka brand distilled in Texas. Today, it’s recognized as the best selling vodka in America. Titos is made from corn, making it a gluten-free friendly spirit.
Ketel One: is a Dutch premium vodka brand with a flavour palette offering hints of honey and citrus.
Absolut: is an iconic Swedish distiller and was the top selling vodka brand globally for decades. The brand offers a colourful collection of flavoured vodka bottles.
Smirnoff: this Russian brand was founded in Moscow and today sells 39 different vodka flavours.
Iceberg Vodka: the top selling vodka in Canada is made from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland.
Dillon’s Distillery: This Beamsville, Ontario producer makes 2 small batch vodkas near Niagara.

The cocktail is sweetened with simple syrup and has tartness thanks to lemon and passion fruit juice.

Best Bartender Tools & Cocktail Equipment

Before hosting a swanky Passion Fruit Vodka Martini recipe soiree you’ll need to ensure you have the best bartender tools and cocktail equipment.

Cocktail Kit: cocktail kits are the perfect gift for newbie mixology fans as they include basic bartender tools like a jigger, shaker and spoon.
Cocktail Shaker: a bartender’s best friend. Purchase a premium cocktail shaker to muddle or shake up your favourite pink gin cocktails.
Cocktail Glassware: make sure your bar is stocked with a selection of unique glassware to show off your favourite cocktail creations.
Hawthorne Strainer: this unique strainer features tightly wound coils and perforated holes. It keeps ice and other large ingredients like lime wedges in your cocktail shaker rather than in the glass.
Bar Spoons: slender and long bar spoons are a must-have when stirring drinks.
Bottle Opener: easily open bottles of beer or cider with the flick of your wrist or purchase a corkscrew for fine wine.
Pouring Spout: once you’ve opened a new bottle of gin insert these affordable pourers to make cocktail assembly a breeze.
Cutting Board: purchase a petite cutting board for your bar to slice garnishes or citrus wedges like lime, orange, lemon or grapefruit.
Ice Bucket: chill bottles of gin quickly in an ice bucket or keep by the bar when muddling gin mixers into cool creations.
Ice Crusher: fans of the Mint Julep love an ice crusher.
Ice Cube Kit: we suggest purchasing a selection of ice cube trays. Silicone styles are our favourite as they’re easy to clean and are available in various shapes and sizes.
Jigger: use a jigger to accurately measure spirits, juices, syrups and shrubs.
Juicer: invest in an electronic juicer or buy an affordable hand-held to easily juice fresh citrus like lemons and limes.
Muddler: fans of the Mojito love a sturdy muddler to mix mint and lime. Muddler’s are handy for any cocktail featuring ingredients that need a pounding like fresh herbs or citrus wedges.
Citrus Peeler & Zester: adorn your craft cocktails with a thick citrus peel or finer ribbons of lime or lemon zest.
Rimmer: Bloody Mary and Caesar lovers should outfit their bar with a handy rimmer for salting and sugaring glassware.

This Passion Fruit Martini is a refreshing drink to serve on a hot summer day.

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Passion Fruit Vodka Martini Cocktail

How to make a Passion Fruit Martini. Our easy vodka cocktail recipe features vodka, passion fruit, lemon, simple syrup and splash of soda.

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Passion Fruit Martini

Servings:

Calories: 235kcal

Equipment

Jigger
Cocktail Shaker
Ice
Strainer
Martini or Coupe Glass

Ingredients

2 oz Vodka
2 oz Passion Fruit Juice
0.5 oz Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Simple Syrup
1 oz Sparkling Soda Water
1/2 Passion Fruit garnish

Instructions

In an ice filled cocktail shaker add vodka, passion fruit juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds until cold.
Strain into a martini or coup glass. Top with a splash of soda water and garnish with half of a fresh passion fruit.

Nutrition

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