Easy passion fruit mojito recipe made with passion fruit juice, simple syrup, rum, limes,mint and sparkling water.
Course Cocktails, Drinks
Cuisine Caribbean, Cuban, Latin
Keyword Mint, Mojito, Passion fruit
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 4to 6 cocktails
Ingredients
1cuppassion fruit pure juice or concentrateno sugar added – from about 12 small purple passion fruits, you can also use store bought frozen unsweetened concentrate
¼cupfresh lime juice
8ouncesof mintwith stems - about 3-4 stems or 10 mint leaves per drink
½cupof simple syrupadjust to taste
1cupof rumadd more or less to taste
1 ½ to 2cupsof cold sparkling wateradjust to taste
Ice cubes or crushed ice
To garnish:
Fresh passion fruit pulpincluding seeds
Lime slices
Extra mint leaves
Extra ice
Instructions
To make your own pure passion fruit juice concentrate using fresh fruit, I recommend that you put the fresh pulp in a blender with a small amount of water (1/4 cup) and pulse gently. You want to remove the pulp from around the seeds without breaking the seeds. Then strain the blended mix to remove the seeds. If the seeds still have a decent amount of pulp attached, you can add a little more water and give it an additional five seconds of pulsing in the blender. The strain again.
Another option if you don’t want to use the blender is to simply put the pulp directly into a thin mesh strainer and using a spoon to get as much pure juice as you can.
To make a pitcher of passion fruit mojitos you can muddle half of the mint in a pitcher, then add the simple syrup, the pure passion fruit juice/concentrate, the lime juice and the rum. Mix well and add a little bit of the sparkling water and some ice.
You can add additional sparkling water and ice in each glass when serving. You can also omit the rum from the pitcher and let each person add the amount they prefer. Garnish each glass with extra mint leaves, fresh passion fruit pulp, and lime slices. Then pour the pitcher mix into the glasses and then top it off with extra sparkling water.
To make the mojitos in each individual glass: add a couple of stems of mint or 5-6 leaves in the bottom of each glass, use a muddler to gently crush the mint. Add 1.5 to 2 ounces of passion fruit concentrate, ½ to 1 ounce of simple syrup, a dash of fresh lime juice, 1.5 to 2 ounces of rum and stir well. Add ice, additional garnishes and top off with sparkling water.