Mardi Gras Cocktails: Hurricane

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Feb 27th 2006 @ 9:52PM

Though the meaning of a hurricane associated with New Orleans has been forever tarnished by the disasters of late summer 2005, when it's time for Mardi Gras, a Hurricane is a fruity tropical cocktail made with rum and passion fruit juice.

The Hurricane was invented at Pat O'Briens, a bar in New Orleans, during World War II. The story has it that during WWII, popular liquors like whiskey were scarce, but rum was plentiful. As is the case with the origin of many drinks, Pat O'Brien created the cocktail out of necessity: to use up all that rum! The drink is named "Hurricane" for the hurricane lamp that was used to serve the fruity rum cocktail.

For one, in a cocktail shaker, combine 1 ounce each of light rum, dark rum, orange juice and lime juice. Add 1 Tbsp of passion fruit syrup (or 4 Tbsp passion fruit juice), and 1 tsp. superfine sugar. Shake until sugar dissolves. Serve over ice in a hurricane glass.

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