Hello Dear Reader,
It’s Friday night. It’s the summer. It’s cocktail night!
This is a Batida. The quintessential cocktail from Brazil!
Traditionally this would be made with Brazilian spirit Cachaça but it’s fairly difficult to find this in Scotland! Cachaça is a distilled spirit made from sugarcane, so I decided to substitute it with Rum, which is distilled from sugarcane byproducts.
Passion Fruit Batida – recipe
– 3 passion fruit
– 75ml white rum
– 3 tsp caster sugar
– 4 ice cubes
– Sprig of mint
1) Blend the ingredient in a blender until the ice is crushed. Taste and add more sugar if necessary – this depends on the ripeness and sweetness of the passion fruit.
2) Crush a sprig of mint and add to the mix. Leave to infuse for a few minutes.
3) Strain and serve.
This passion fruit batida is sweet and sour and fruity. It has a killer punch, so don’t drink too many sitting down!
Enjoy!
Vohn
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P.S. I am entering this into a couple of blogger’s challenges…
Foodie World Cup bloggers challenge run by Chris, as Brazil were playing today (4th July 2014).
The Vegetable Palette run by Shaheen at A2K – The Seasonal Veg Table. It is now August and Shaheen’s palette for this month is Mellow Yellow, which I think describes passion fruit flesh perfectly. And, no, I haven’t gone mad and suddenly decided that passion fruit is a vegetable – Shaheen’s challenge is for fruit or veg!
I love trying different cocktails (not too many at one time, though, LOL!). Definitely want to give this one a go! Looks delicious!
I agree it’s great fun to try new cocktails but I’m with you Kristin – not too many at once! 🙂
Ooh sounds lush Vohn. I adore passion fruit which always reminds me of Australia – but then I haven;’t been to Brazil.
Thanks Choclette. I’m not a huge fan of passion fruit but I do love it in this drink. Having said that I’ve never eaten it where it grows and I’m sure it is very different from our imported stuff! 😉
I find it harder to get the passion fruit than the cachaça, but if I do get some passion fruits, I would love to try it.
I find it so interesting Chris how different things are harder/ easier to source in different parts of Europe.