friyay happy hour: passion fruit martini

before i was given a vine, i don't think i even knew what a passion fruit looked like let alone that they produce like crazy!

wes and i were given our purple passion fruit by his dad and stepmom for a holiday (i can't remember which) and when we received it, it was a vine maybe three feet tall. a year later, that same vine's roots busted through their plastic pot, expanded into the ground and proceeded to grow to cover a ten by twenty foot section of our side yard as well as growing up the side of our building. it got so crazy it was blocking the light into our neighbor's window and we had to cut it back.

it's given us so much privacy, and even more than that, it provides us with passion fruit (also called lilikoi) 8 months out of the year.

and the best thing to do with a passion fruit besides eating them as a tasty snack, is popping them into your favorite cocktail.

watch out, this drink is dangerously smooth and easy to drink.

passion fruit martini

serves: 1 cocktail

prep time: 2 minutes

active time: 1 minute

total time: 3 minutes

ingredients: 2 oz vodka. 2 oz passion fruit. .5 oz lime juice. .5 oz simple syrup. 1 cup ice. shaker. martini glass.

in the shaker, combine your ice and all of the ingredients. shake well till frothy and combined. about 30 seconds.

strain into your martini glass.

serve and enjoy.

xo, a