Reply to: What spirits would go with passion fruit?

[CoolCat]

I've been doing some more research. Although the fruit on mine are edible you really need the Passiflora Edulis which has the same size flowers but coloured more white with a dark spot. They are the ones that produce the typical brown wrinkled fruit you see in the shops and are much more difficult to grow outdoors. The blue flowered ones are much more hardy but, the fruit isn't as nice. I will let you know.

If you search for Big Clive dot com on youtube, you will find he has done some good videos on mixing spirits etc

[Lockhouse]

I've been doing some more research. Although the fruit on mine are edible you really need the Passiflora Edulis which has the same size flowers but coloured more white with a dark spot. They are the ones that produce the typical brown wrinkled fruit you see in the shops and are much more difficult to grow outdoors. The blue flowered ones are much more hardy but, the fruit isn't as nice. I will let you know.

[Lockhouse]

This is what my passion fruit look like at the moment. Need more sun.

[Lambert Simnel]

The Old Bengal Bar near Liverpool Street used to serve a spectacularly good gin & passion fruit cocktail called the Gin Spot Sour. They'll still serve it if you ask for it by name, but it wasn't on their revised cocktail menu last time I was there.

Passion fruit coulis would work very well for providing the sweetness as well as the fruit/flavouring, but you'd have to make sure you have enough sour (in the example above, the lemon juice) to balance it.

[NigelJK]

There is a self fertile edible variety, can't remember it's name but edible should get you there.

[Lockhouse]

You know, I've seen these just the other week for sale and even spotted the name "passion flower" but never twigged that's where the fruit came from!

They really are stunning and I plan to get some but here in the North East it sounds we'd be lucky to ever see fruit.

I'm on the South Coast, which helps.

[d000hg]

The flowers grow in the UK fairly easily (in fact they can be a bit of a weed at times), getting the fruit to form and ripen, you'll probably want to be in the south with a warm garden. The flowers are fairly spectacular, you may have seen them before and not realise what the plant was, maybe even thought it was some sort of clematis

You know, I've seen these just the other week for sale and even spotted the name "passion flower" but never twigged that's where the fruit came from!

They really are stunning and I plan to get some but here in the North East it sounds we'd be lucky to ever see fruit.

[WTFH]

Yeah that's exactly what I thought.. Then I woke up, went outside and got a life :

I tend to go outside, pick fruit and make alcoholic beverages, but I guess you need to go outside and get a life. I already have one.

[Mordac]

White rum might work, but could be a bit sweet. Otherwise vodka seems the natural choice.

This, although a good quality dark rum sounds like a good match. Plenty of lime juice would cure the sweetness problem.
Tequila might be a good shout, but again you'd need a good amount of lime juice.

[northernladuk]

The flowers are fairly spectacular, you may have seen them before and not realise what the plant was, maybe even thought it was some sort of clematis

Yeah that's exactly what I thought.. Then I woke up, went outside and got a life :

[WTFH]

Never knew passion fruit grew in the UK either - if you live in the uK that is?

The flowers grow in the UK fairly easily (in fact they can be a bit of a weed at times), getting the fruit to form and ripen, you'll probably want to be in the south with a warm garden. The flowers are fairly spectacular, you may have seen them before and not realise what the plant was, maybe even thought it was some sort of clematis

[d000hg]

A P*rnstar Martini is the most common passion fruit cocktail. They use vanilla flavoured vodka.

I grow passion fruit in my back garden. Normally we only get three or four fruit and lots of flowers but because of the weather this summer we have loads of the things. Need another couple of weeks' sun to get them to ripen.

Aha, I never knew that's what a PS Martini was. I'll look up a recipe. Vodka goes with everything so it seemed a bit of a boring option but bringing in vanilla/raspberry could be good and champagne definitely sounds great.
I reckon tequila might work (if you like tequila).

Never knew passion fruit grew in the UK either - if you live in the uK that is?

[Yorkie62]

Depends on how big your glass is and how many spirits you have handy.....All of them

[WTFH]

Definitely not gin.

First option would be vodka. Other choice would be champagne.

[Lockhouse]

A P*rnstar Martini is the most common passion fruit cocktail. They use vanilla flavoured vodka.

I grow passion fruit in my back garden. Normally we only get three or four fruit and lots of flowers but because of the weather this summer we have loads of the things. Need another couple of weeks' sun to get them to ripen.