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Passion Fruit Margarita

Katie Kelly

This easy passion fruit margarita is so delicious and easy to make! It's such a fun twist on a classic cocktail recipe and is perfect for summer. Let's up your margarita game and make one!

What is Passion Fruit?

Passion fruit is a sweet fruit that is native to South America. It has a jelly-like consistency with crunchy seeds. Passion fruit seeds are absolutely ok to eat, too! The seeds are actually a great source of fiber and the fruit as a whole is a great source of antioxidants.

Ingredients

– 2 oz tequila – 1 oz passion fruit liqueur – 1 oz orange liqueur – ½ oz lime juice – ½ oz agave nectar

How to make a Passion Fruit Margarita

1. In a cocktail shaker, pour in your tequila. passion fruit liqueur, orange liqueur, lime, and light agave. Add a handful of ice and shake. 2. If you'd like, add salt or tajin to the rim of the glass. Add fresh ice to your glass and then strain the margarita into the rocks glass. 3. Garnish with lime slices or a lime wheel and cheers!

Variations and substitutions

Passion Fruit Nectar. Want a delicious cocktail with a little less alcohol? You can use passion fruit nectar (the Goya brand can be found at most stores) or passion fruit syrup for your cocktail! Use 1 - 2 oz. of passion fruit nectar or 1 tbsp of passion fruit syrup. Passion Fruit Margarita Mix.​ Want to turn this 5 ingredient recipe into a 2 ingredient recipe? You can buy passion fruit margarita mix from Amazon. Then, you'll truly have an easy passion fruit margarita recipe in your back pocket to make all summer long.

Variations and substitutions

Spicy Passion Fruit Margarita. Want a little bit of heat? Add some jalapeño slices and muddle them with lime juice and you'll have a delicious spicy flavor. Spicy, Sweet, or Salty. You can switch the flavor up by up the rim of your glass. If you want something on the sweeter side, you can use a sugar rim, if you want a savory flavor to offset the sweetness of the margarita, use a salt rim, or if you want to add a bit of spice use a Tajin rim.

FAQ

What does Passion Fruit taste like? Fresh Passion fruit is delicious! It had a refreshing tropical flavor and the combination of textures from the jelly-like inside and crunchy seeds is absolutely delicious. Where can you buy fresh passion fruit? You can typically buy it at specialty grocery stores like Whole Foods.

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