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Passion Fruit Syrup

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Ripe passion fruit is circular, has a wrinkled leathery skin, and contains a juicy, pulpy flesh with small black seeds. Passion fruit syrup can be made from the juice along with sugar, and is both tart and sweet. It is used in some well known cocktails such as the Hurricane and Trader Vic Grog.

Awesome Drinks has a recipe for Passion Fruit Daiquiri this is one of my favorite cocktails.

When I started looking for passion fruit syrup, I found the Possmei brand at an attractive price. It is, however, a 5.5 POUND jug of the stuff. I bought it anyway. Don’t judge me.

Anyway, it is tasty stuff. I actually like to occasionally mix it with Sprite (and with no alcohol). It yields a sweet, but very tropical drink.

Grenadine

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Grenadine, or a sugar syrup made from sugar and pomegranate (in a 1:1 ratio) is a common ingredient in cocktails. You can buy it, or you can make it. If you buy it, you are usually getting high fructose corn syrup, coloring, and artificial flavors. Making the real deal is easy:

Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
1 cup pomegranate juice

Place both ingredients in a saucepan or small pot. Place the pot on a stove element and turn the heat to high. Carefully start stirring. It won’t take long until the sugar starts to dissolve. As soon as it begins to do so, move the pot off of the heat and keep stirring. The sugar should completely dissolve within a couple of minutes. If it takes too long, you can place the pot back onto the still warm stove and continue stirring. If you leave it on the heat too long, the syrup will begin to discolor and will become bitter.

Once the liquid is clear, allow it to come to room temperature on a cool surface. When cool, add 0.5-1.0 ounces of vodka to help preserve it. Pour it into a squeeze bottle and refrigerate.

Simple Syrup

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Simple Syrup, or sugar syrup (in a 1:1 ratio) is a common ingredient in cocktails. You can buy it, or you can make it.

Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
1 cup water

Place both ingredients in a saucepan or small pot. Place the pot on a stove element and turn the heat to high. Carefully start stirring. It won’t take long until the sugar starts to dissolve. As soon as it begins to do so, move the pot off of the heat and keep stirring. The sugar should completely dissolve within a couple of minutes. If it takes too long, you can place the pot back onto the still warm stove and continue stirring. If you leave it on the heat too long, the syrup will begin to discolor.

Once the liquid is clear, allow it to come to room temperature on a cool surface. When cool, add 0.5-1.0 ounces of vodka to help preserve it. Pour it into a squeeze bottle and refrigerate.

To make Rich Simple Syrup (in a 2:1 ratio), use the same procedure as above, but use

Ingredients
2 cups of white sugar
1 cup of water