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Hurricane Drink Recipe


Hurricane Drink – common in New Orleans, this entertaining rum-filled tropical cocktail with a lovely pairing of passion fruit and orange juice is the best drink to remind you of summer and events. Happiness in a glass!


Each time I like pressing that forward button for summertime to come early, I just combine some drinks in my kitchen and it transports me appropriate away to that warm summer really feel. Ah, winter cold. It is occasionally unforgiving !


Now that the Mardi Gras is just couple of weeks away, allow me make this well-liked New Orleans drink to celebrate with you guys – Hurricane Drink! It’s really genuinely very good, and it hits you right on spot!


What is in a Hurricane Drink?


Hurricane Drink is a pretty reddish orange sweet alcoholic drink traditionally created with rum, lemon juice and passion fruit juice generally served in a curvy “hurricane glass” (See this original Hurricane Drink Right here). This tropical drink is also manufactured differently on the islands of the Bahamas. In excess of the time, it has evolved and is now mainly produced with the following: light rum, dark rum, passion fruit juice, easy syrup, lime and grenadine.


Some other versions of this cocktail also adds vodka, gin, Amaretto, pineapple juice and even coffee. Yep!


Hurricane Drink History


There’s nothing like a joyous celebration with booze here and there. And for the men and women of New Orleans, Mardi Gras is also about this common hurricane drink. All thanks to New Orleans tavern proprietor, Pat O’Brien for introducing this wonderful drink to the neighborhood.


It was explained that in 1940s, Mr. O’Brien essential to generate a new drink that would use up all those less well-known rum that regional distributors forced him to get to before he could substitute it with common ones. In performing so, he poured a concoction into a hurricane-lamp glasses (therefore, the name) and gave it away to sailors.


You can somehow get pleasure from this fantastic tropical cocktail with out flying to NOLA or to your nearest bar. For this winter, you can warm yourself up with a fresh combine of this well-known concoction correct at the comfort of your very own residence.


Serve it with a homemade King Cake for a taste of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras right at home. Garnish it with slices of orange and/or maraschino cherries.





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