I don’t know why, when I make cocktails, I start worrying about the particular quality of the individual ingredients, but I like to use Plymouth gin here. Certainly, its flavour is better – more delicately aromatic – than any other gin’s, but I won’t kid you that this is immediately detectable in this heady concoction.
60ml (4 tablespoons) gin
60ml (4 tablespoons) Southern Comfort
juice of 2 large passionfruit, sieved
lime juice
handful ice cubes
Pour gin and Southern Comfort into a large beaker, and add the passionfruit juice and a spritz of lime. Add ice, up-end another beaker on top of the glass (or use a cocktail shaker to start off with) and shake to mix, then strain into a waiting martini or daiquiri glass.
Makes 1.