Porn Star Martini
INGREDIENTS
- 1½ ounces vanilla flavored vodka
- ½ ounce passion fruit liqueur (such as Passoã or De Kuyper)
- 1 ounce passion fruit puree
- ½ ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
- ½ ounce vanilla simple syrup
- 2 ounces sparkling wine, chilled
- Garnish: ½ cup passion fruit
INSTRUCTIONS
Add all ingredients except sparkling wine into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a passion fruit half. Serve with a sparkling wine sidecar (on the side).
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NOTES
It's said by some that its creator, bartender Douglas Ankrah, thought it was what a porn star would order; other stories hold that he was inspired by the smell of a stripper's perfume. In any case, this crowd-pleasing combination of vanilla and passion fruit accompanied by a shot of sparkling wine, which has spread far from its origins at London’s Townhouse bar in the early 2000s to be adopted by bars the world over, certainly is a star.
