The Absolute Best Pornstar Martini

Looking for a sweet, fruity and uniquely named cocktail? Try out the pornstar martini. This one is a beautifully colored and super yummy flavored cocktail.

What is a Pornstar Martini?

A pornstar martini is a cocktail made from passion fruit liqueur, passion fruit juice, vanilla vodka, lime juice and a little simple syrup. It is typically served with a glass of sparkling wine such as prosecco on the side. This cocktail is not a true martini but does carry the martini name. It was created in the early 2000s by a bar owner named Douglas Ankrah.

Vanilla vodka is a clear colored liquor that has a vodka base and an extra flavoring of vanilla added in by infusing the vodka with vanilla beans. Vodka itself is a nearly tasteless liquor that is made by distilling grains such as rye or even potatoes.

Passoa is a passion fruit liqueur It was made in the late 1980s. It originated in France, but has become popular in many different cocktails with its sweet passion fruit flavor. It is 20% alcohol by volume.

The passion fruit juice used in this cocktail is purely choose from a passion fruit as you would imagine. You can also use actual pulp from a fresh passion fruit in replacement of the juice.

The combination of lime juice and simple syrup is a resulting sweet and sour mixer. It has a flavor of citrusy tartness combined with sweet that it imparts to any cocktail it’s mixed in.

When to mix this drink

This drink is a fun, sweet and fruity edition for many different serving occasions. Try it out at one of these times:

• dinner parties
• brunch get togethers
• formal dinners
• evening BBQs
• Summer get togethers

Variations

There are a few different ways to mix this cocktail up. Here are a few different variations:

• Pump up the vanilla. Instead of using plain simple syrup, use vanilla simple syrup which will combine well with the vanilla vodka.
• use regular vodka. Although the original recipe calls for vanilla vodka, you could use regular vodka if it’s all you have. If you choose to do this try to make sure you add in the vanilla simple syrup suggested above.
• Use real passion fruit. Instead of using passion fruit juice, make your own by using a equivalent amount of fresh passion fruit pulp in your cocktail.

Some other fun flavored martini’s are: sugar cookie martini, chocolate peppermint martini eggnog martini and key lime pie martini.

How to make this drink:

Even though this drink has a complex taste and a fancy presentation, it’s not too difficult to make. Oh you really need to do is mix together your couple of ingredients and you’re good to go.

Equipment:

• Martini glasses or Coupe glasses
• shot glass
• jigger
• cocktail shaker
• Hawthorne strainer
• bar spoon

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Vanilla Vodka
• 1.5 oz Passion Fruit Liqueur
• .5 oz passion fruit puree or juice
• .5 oz Lime Juice
• .5 oz Vanilla Simple Syrup
• 2 oz Sparkling Wine in shot glass on the side
• Ice

Instructions:

Step one

Start out by ensuring that you have everything you need to make your drink including vanilla vodka, passion fruit liqueur, passion fruit juice or fresh passion fruit, lime juice, simple syrup and prosecco or another sparkling wine.

note: You can serve this drink in a martini glass as it is called a martini. However, it is also often served in a coupe glass. So either glass will work.

Step two

Go ahead and fill your cocktail shaker full of ice. And make sure you have chilled your sparkling wine.

Step three

Pick up your jigger and your vanilla vodka and measure 1.5 oz of vanilla vodka. Dump the vanilla vodka into your cocktail shaker.

Step four

Next, pick up your passion fruit liqueur and using your jigger again measure 1.5 oz of passion fruit liqueur and dump that into your cocktail shaker.

Step Five

Again using your jigger, measure out 5 oz of lime juice and dump that into your cocktail shaker as well.

step six

next, grab your simple syrup and use your jigger to measure .5 oz of that. Then, dump the simple syrup into your cocktail shaker.

Step seven

grab your passion fruit juice and use your jigger to measure. 5 oz. Then, dump the passion fruit juice into your cocktail shaker.

Note: If You want to use fresh passion fruit pulp or puree instead of juice. Go ahead and cut up a fresh passion fruit, remove the seeds. Then puree or muddle the flesh until you have 2 oz and add that to your cocktail shaker.

Step Eight

Now, you need to get everything mixed together. Go ahead and place the top on your cocktail shaker and shake well. This may take about 20 to 30 seconds as you want the outside of the shaker to be cool to touch when you finish

Step nine

Remove the cocktail shaker top and replace it with your Hawthorne strainer. Then, go ahead and strain your drink from your shaker into your glass.

Step ten

Grab your shot glass, jigger and prosecco. Use your jigger to measure 2 oz of prosecco in pour it into shot glass.

Step eleven

Finally, if you’d like to add a garnish, cut a slice of passion fruit and float it on the top of your martini. Then serve your martini or coop glass with the shot of prosecco on the side.