Cooking Lesson #880: P*rn Star Martini

…from the Perspectives’ Happy Hour Bar

How you doin’?  With all that’s going on in the news, I couldn’t resist adding this cocktail to our Survival Guide giving me “Bragging” rights. 
 
The P*rn Star Martini is a passion-fruit-flavored cocktail made with vanilla-flavored vodka, Passoã, passion fruit juice, and lime juice. It is traditionally accompanied by a chilled shot glass of prosecco. The cocktail was created in 2002 by Douglas Ankrah.
 
The P*rn Star Martini is not a true martini, but is one of many drinks that incorporate the term martini into their names. The P*rn Star Martini was the most ordered cocktail in the United Kingdom in 2018.
 
Although the name has proved controversial, Ankrah denied that he named it to be deliberately provocative. In interviews, Ankrah claimed he used the "p*rn star" name to evoke "a stylish and confident drink...[that's]...pure indulgence, sexy, fun and evocative."
 
In 2019, British retailer Marks & Spencer renamed their P*rn Star Martini products to Passion Star Martini, following complaints that the name normalized pornography.
 
Ingredients 
2 fresh passion fruits, divided
2 ounces  vanilla flavored vodka
1/2 ounce Passoã passion fruit liqueur
1/2 ounce vanilla sugar simple syrup
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
2 ounces Brut champagne
 
Directions

1. Wash 2 fresh passion fruits and cut them in half.
2. Scoop out the seeds and add the flesh of 3 halves into your shaker. Keep last passion fruit half for garnish.
3. Add the next 4 ingredients (all but champagne).
4. Shake with ice and fine strain into chilled coupe glass.
5. Garnish:  by floating strips of the other half fresh passion fruit.

ChefSecret:  While not as well-known as other liqueurs, Passoa isn’t exactly new to the cocktail scene either. It was created in 1985 by the Remy Cointreau group, launched to the European market in 1986 and went worldwide in 1994.
The liqueur, in the form of a red liquid, comes in a black bottle and has an alcohol volume of 14.9 to 20% - depending on the country. The original version of Passoã contains passion-fruit juice from Brazil. One can also pair Passoã with tonic and a lime squeeze.

Quip of the Day:  If CNN released photos of Stormy Daniels and Trump do you know what he’d call them? Fake Nudes!
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