the season of the fig is finally upon us. and i CAN'T GET ENOUGH of the mildly sweet fruit. 

every time i hit the produce store (you know, pretty much every day at this point) i pick up another pack. which means, i'm putting them in and on EVERYTHING these days. and cocktails are no exception. 

not going to lie. when i came up with this combo, i wasn't sure if all the ingredients would sing together as i hoped. but wow. i mean WOW. wes and i both agreed this is in the top five cocktails i've made. and i have made A LOT of cocktails. if you are looking for something that's a smokey, sweet, kick in the pants, this is your new jam. fig season is fleeting, so whip this up ASAP!

spicy figarita
serves: 1 cocktail
prep time: 2 minutes
active time: 3
total time: 5 minutes
ingredients: 2 oz mescal. 1 oz fresh lime juice. 1 oz triple sec. 1 tsp sugar. 8 thin slices serrano pepper. 2 black figs, diced + 1 fig slic for garnish. 1 cup ice. shaker. strainer. muddler. 

combine the mescal, diced figs, 5 of the serrano slices and the sugar in the base of a shaker. 

muddle everything together till the figs and serranos are pretty smashed, about 30 seconds. 

pour in the triple sec and lime juice. fill the shaker with ice. 

shake till well combine, about 30 seconds. 

put a very small slice in your fig garnish and place it on the edge of your glass. place the remaining 3 peppers in the base of the cocktail glass. 

strain into the glass and served chilled.

enjoy!

xo, a

spicy figarita
serves: 1 cocktail
prep time: 2 minutes
active time: 3
total time: 5 minutes
ingredients: 2 oz mescal. 1 oz fresh lime juice. 1 oz triple sec. 1 tsp sugar. 8 thin slices serrano pepper. 2 black figs, diced + 1 fig slic for garnish. 1 cup ice. shaker. strainer. muddler. combine the mescal, diced figs, 5 of the serrano slices and the sugar in the base of a shaker. muddle everything together till the figs and serranos are pretty smashed, about 30 seconds. pour in the triple sec and lime juice. fill the shaker with ice. shake till well combine, about 30 seconds. put a very small slice in your fig garnish and place it on the edge of your glass. place the remaining 3 peppers in the base of the cocktail glass. strain into the glass and served chilled. 

if you have been watching my instagram story, or you know me in real life, you know that my current obsession is my passion fruit vine. it was a gift from my mother-in-law nancy, and it has been growing in our garden for about two years now. it started off slow, but in the last year has grown to become a full on covering over our side yard. and it is COVERED in hundreds of purple passion fruits. since we have had it, it has produced some fruit here and there, but nothing like this season. this season it took off. the fruits have been sitting on the vine for months now, just teasing me as they slowly start to change colors from green to purple before they finally fall to the ground.

well, it is finally happening. the fruit are falling and they are falling in mass. i've woken up to as many as eight at a time littering the garden floor. no joke, i feel like a kid at christmas. but now that i have them all and then are starting to ripen left and right, it's time to put them to use. and before i did anything fancy, i just wanted to enjoy some passion fruit in all it's glory. and for me, that means with vodka. i'm keeping it simple this week. passion fruit and my favorite cocktail. a classic vodka soda. no muss or fuss here. just delicious, refreshing, tropical fruit and crisp vodka soda. 

passion fruit vodka soda
serves: 1 cocktail
prep time: 2 minutes
active time: 1 minute
total time: 3 minutes
ingredients: 1.5 oz vodka. 5 oz club soda. 2 passion fruit. 1 tsp sugar. 1 cup crushed ice. edible flower for garnish.

start by slicing both your passion fruits in half. reserve 1 half for garnish scoop out the pulp and seeds of the other 1.5 passion fruits. combine the fruit and sugar and mix well.

then pour your vodka over ice in your serving glass. 

add in the sweetened passion fruit pulp and seeds. 

top off with the club soda. 

garnish with the remaining half a passion fruit, edible flower if you are using and serve. 

enjoy!

xo, a

passion fruit vodka soda
serves: 1 cocktail
prep time: 2 minutes
active time: 1 minute
total time: 3 minutes
ingredients: 1.5 oz vodka. 5 oz club soda. 2 passion fruit. 1 tsp sugar. 1 cup crushed ice. edible flower for garnish.
tart by slicing both your passion fruits in half. reserve 1 half for garnish scoop out the pulp and seeds of the other 1.5 passion fruits. combine the fruit and sugar and mix well. then pour your vodka over ice in your serving glass. add in the sweetened passion fruit pulp and seeds. top off with the club soda. garnish with the remaining half a passion fruit, edible flower if you are using and serve. enjoy!