Hurricane Drink – A Beautiful Mess

If you like sweet and strong cocktails, you’ll be able to enjoy a Hurricane drink at home. This drink was created in New Orleans as a solution to using up leftover rum. Contains double the amount of rum, plus the fruity flavors of lime juice, orange juice, passion fruit puree, and grenadine.

Other New Orleans cocktails: Sazerac, Vieux Carre, French 75, Grasshopper, Pimm’s Cup.

material

• light ram – Choose high quality light rum.
• dark rum – Choose a high quality dark rum.
• lime juice – Freshly squeezed lime juice is a must for this recipe.
• orange juice – Freshly squeezed is best, but bottling is useful in a pinch.
• passion fruit puree – Please select passion fruit puree If you can’t find it, you can also use passion fruit juice or passion fruit syrup in this recipe.
• grenadine – Make your own grenadine or choose a store-bought option.
• simple syrup – This ingredient is optional (I think it’s sweet enough without it).
• decoration ideas – Orange wheel or half wheel orange slices, preserved cherries or maraschino cherries, paper umbrella It never hurts.

The best glassware options for hurricanes revealed hurricane glass. I often use these glasses for all kinds of tropical drinks.

History of Hurricane Drink

The Hurricane was invented by Pat O’Brien of New Orleans in the early 1940s. It was created as a response to the surplus of rum, which was easier to obtain than other alcoholic beverages at the time. This popular drink helped bartenders carry large quantities of rum and remains one of New Orleans’ most popular cocktails to this day.

How to make

Let’s start by gathering the materials.

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine light and dark rum, lime and orange juice, passion fruit puree, simple syrup, and grenadine.

Shake for 10 to 15 seconds until shaker is ice cold.

Pour into a hurricane glass filled with fresh ice.

Garnish and serve immediately.

tips on how to make

• high quality raw materials – This drink can be made using store-bought ingredients or homemade syrups, juices, and purees. The quality of the ingredients chosen determines the outcome of this famous drink. The fresher the ingredients, the better.
• Too sweet? If this recipe is a little too sweet, try omitting the simple syrup. You can also replace the passion fruit puree with passion fruit juice (or another fruit juice, such as peach or pineapple juice) to make it less sweet.
• decoration ideas – Pineapple slices are always welcome in tropical drinks. dried pineapple slices It makes a classy garnish option. i love this too floral paper umbrella.

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