- Refreshing passion fruit margarita with smokey rim
Hello Thursday!
How was your week? It has been a longer week, if you get my drift. So today I will indulge you, after all tomorrow is Friday.
Moving on to lighter days, let's talk about today's recipe, delicious and refreshing passion fruit margarita with a smokey rim, (hello weekend) right back at ya! yeah, yeah you heard right.
Tangy and acidic passion fruit slushy with a kick of tequila and orange liqueur, wonderful mix that will refresh your soul!
Normally a salt rim is the traditional garnish for margaritas. Here I used a smokey BBQ spice to flavor the salt before adding it to the glass rims.
Ingredients
- For the passion fruit juice:
- 3 passion fruit
- 2 cups of water.
- For the margarita:
- 1 ½ cup juice passion fruit
- ½ cup lemon juice 5-6 large lemons
- ½ agave or sugar to taste - adjust to your taste
- 1 cup to 1 ½ cups tequila - adjust to your taste
- ¼ to ½ cup of orange liqueur such as Grand Marnier or Cointreau
- Several cups of ice
Instructions
- Remove the pulp of the passion fruit with a spoon. Put the pulp in the mixer, blend for 10 seconds, the black seed will separate from the jelly. Don't over blend as the seeds will break up and create a grit.
- Pour the mixture into a large jug or bowl through a sieve to catch the seeds. Rub in the mixture in the sieve to get every drop.
- Add water and agave and mix. Then add ice and liqueur, mix until slushy or wanted texture. Adjust the ice to your taste. Serve right away! Enjoy!
This gives the rim a little kick! but you can totally just use salt!
For a keto-friendly version of this margarita, just substitute the agave for a zero-syrup of your preference.
This margarita recipe is tangy, sweet, and refreshing, you want to taste this is a group of friends and enjoy life!
As you can see these barely made the photoshoot in one piece, so good!
Shashi at Savory Spin says
Passion fruit is one of my favorite fruits so this margarita is extra special to me! And love that gorgeous smoked rim too. Hope you have a great weekend, Gaila.
Petit Gourmet says
Shashi!! Come on over and let's enjoy our Thursday! I can assure you after that we'll both have an amazing weekend!
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
Yay for Thirty Thursday and the impending weekend!! This margarita DEFINITELY has my name written on it, Gaila! It's been a rough week, and I could use a few DOZEN of these beauties! I am just loooviing the passion fruit with the smoky rim!! YES! Cheers!
Petit Gourmet says
Sending them your way Chey! Enjoy! Cheers!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
Woo hoo for Thirsty Thursday! This looks so refreshing and love the smoky rim! Perfect flavour contrast with the sweet passion fruit. Cheers to the freakin' weekend, my friend! Bring it on 🙂
Petit Gourmet says
Cheers to the freakin’ weekend, my dear Dawn!! ????
annie@ciaochowbambina says
I can honestly say I've never had a cocktail made with passion fruit...I am missing out! This looks delectable, my friend! Hope your weekend is wonderful!
Petit Gourmet says
Annie, If you haven't then you should definitely should. Have a great weekend my friend!
karrie @ Tasty Ever After says
Happy Thirsty Thursday Gaila! There is so much right with this drink! Yay to passion fruit, tequila, and a smokey rimmed glass 😉 We are having a Cinco de Mayo party and I'm going to add this to the margarita list. Have a wonderful weekend & cheers 🙂
Petit Gourmet says
Hey Karrie!! thanks sweetie, please let me know what you think! Have a great weekend and cheers!
Kate @ Framed Cooks says
Loving those smoky edges - this might need to be my hurray-it's-summer drink! Cheers!