Hurricane
A New Orleans party staple of dark and light rum blended with passion fruit and a splash of lime.
Base
rum
Glassware
Hurricane glass
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Ingredients
- 2 oz light rum
- 2 oz dark rum
- 2 oz passion fruit syrup
- 1 oz fresh orange juice
- 0.75 oz fresh lime juice
- Orange slice and cherry, to garnish
Instructions
- 1Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- 2Shake until well chilled.
- 3Strain into a hurricane glass over ice and garnish with an orange slice and cherry.
Origin & Story
New Orleans, 1940s
Bar owner Pat O'Brien is said to have created it to offload surplus rum he was required to buy in order to get scarcer whiskey during a wartime liquor shortage, serving it in a hurricane-lamp-shaped glass.
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