Passionfruit Margarita - A Little Spoon

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A flavorful twist on a classic cocktail, this margarita gives sweet, tart, bitter, and earthy in each and every sip.

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Prep15

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First, place a coupe or rocks glass in the freezer 15-30 minutes before making the cocktail.
Next, cut and juice the lime into a separate container for the cocktail. Set aside.
Now, separate the two sides of a shaker and place them up in front of you. Measure out and pour all of the listed cocktail ingredients to the small side of the shaker. Add large pieces of ice to the tall side of the shaker and pour the cocktail over the ice from one side to the other. Close the shaker, and vigorously shake everything for about 45 seconds.
Double strain the cocktail through a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer, into a rocks glass with ice or a coupe glass without ice.
If you want to garnsh your passionfruit margarita, it can be topped with a lime peel, a skewered piece of pineapple, some pineapple leaves, or a few passionfruit seeds.

This is not a margarita that lends well to a salted, sugared, or spiced rim. It's so complex in flavor that the additional tastes will throw off the balance of the drink.

If you forget to chill your glass, just fill it with ice and set it next to your workstation while you prep the cocktail. Dump the ice right before shaking the cocktail to have it ready.
If you use crushed ice at any point in this cocktail, it will water the whole thing down. The larger the ice cube(s) you use when shaking or serving, the less surface area there is to melt and dilute your drink. Typically, only very alcohol forward cocktails, like mint juleps use crushed ice.