This New Orleans Hurricane Drink Recipe is a powerful tropical drink that will transport you to French Quarter during the first sip. Created in the 1940s, the original hurricane had three ingredients: dark rum, passion fruit syrup, and lemon juice. That’s it.
Mardi Gras is often referred to as “Fat Tuesday”, which is the last day of the Carnival season as it always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.
The Hurricane is a fruit-colored relative of the “daiquiri”, and it’s credited to New Orleans tavern owner Pat O’Brien. He created the fruity concoction and served it in hurricane-lamp-shaped glasses to give away to sailors. The drink caught on, and it has been a mainstay in the French Quarter in New Orleans ever since.
New Orleans Hurricane Drink Recipe
What you will need:
1/2 cup ice
2 fluid ounces light rum
2 fluid ounces passion fruit liqueur
1 cup lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
1 ounce lime juice
1 fluid ounce 151 proof rum
Directions:
- In a shaker, combine everything except the 151 proof rum and shake.
- Float the 151 proof rum on top of the drink. {Do not drink from the top of the cup, make sure to use a straw and drink from the bottom up.}
- Garnish
- Enjoy Responsibly!
New Orleans Hurricane Drink Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup ice
- 2 fluid ounces light rum
- 2 fluid ounces passion fruit liqueur
- 1 cup lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
- 1 ounce lime juice
- 1 fluid ounce 151 proof rum
Instructions
- In a shaker, combine ice, light rum, passion fruit liqeur, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage and lime juice. Shake well and pour mixture into a Hurricane or other large specialty glass. Float the 151 proof rum on top of the drink. {Do not drink from the top of the cup, make sure to use a straw and drink from the bottom up.}
