Weekend Cocktail: Make it a Hurricane...

It's Mardi Gras season and it would be just wrong to let it slide by without a nod to the drink that absolutely made New Orleans the party town it is... who hasn't come home from a trip to the Big Easy without the mandatory Pat O'Brien's hurricane glass? If you don't want to mix these up yourself, Mr. O has a website where you can order the mix. As they say in New Orleans, let the good times roll!

Martie's Party Hurricane

"Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane. It's only half past twelve but I don't care.... it's 5:00 somewhere."- Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett

1 1.2 ounces light rum

1 1/2 ounces dark rum

1 ounce FRESH orange juice

1 ounce FRESH lime juice 

1/4 cup passion fruit juice (find it in the canned juice or International foods aisles)

1 sugar cube (about a teaspoon)

1 teaspoon Grenadine

Maraschino cherries and orange slices

Ice

In a cocktail shaker, mix the rum, juices and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add Grenadine, and stir to combine, then add ice and shake. Add ice to a Hurricane style glass, strain drink into glass. Add a dash of the cherry juice. Garnish with orange slices and cherries.