It’ll do the trick if you don’t have much on hand.įor more information, visit a specialty store or go online to purchase passion fruit juice. Hawaiian Punch is a substitute for passion fruit juice in this recipe, but it can also be found in specialty stores or online. Whichever route you choose, your hurricanes will still be delicious! What Can I Substitute For Passion Fruit Juice In A Hurricane? Or, you can try one of the many passion fruit liqueurs that are available. You can also make your own passion fruit juice by pureeing fresh passion fruit. You can substitute another type of fruit juice, like orange or grapefruit juice. But what do you do when you can’t find passion fruit juice for your hurricanes? There are a few things you can do. I suppose ordering kerosene was not as cool sounding as ordering a hurricane.As the name suggests, Hurricane cocktails are traditionally made with passion fruit juice. Not that anyone cares about the science or design of dead flame lamps, so I will end it there. This cocktail instead uses the iconic tapered top design the kerosene lamp uses to prevent air from entering the light from the top. Therefore, a standard indoor kerosene lamp doesn’t have to worry about high winds and does not have this tubing. The Hurricane lamp is a cold or hot blast lantern that redirects air through tubing along the sides so high winds do not extinguish the flame. Personally speaking, this glass looks like a standard indoor kerosene lamp. The name for the hurricane comes from the hurricane lantern, which the traditional serving glass for this drink looks like. I built my recipes knowing that red is supposed to be fruit punch, gold is passion fruit, and green is lime and guava. Again considering there is no definitive recipe for fassionola, make something fun and tropical. I’ve made my own, and it turns out pretty good. It’s not uncommon to find individuals who want fassionola to make their own. There is an eBay seller who ships these original fassionolas, but it seems distribution is limited to the San Diego area. The new owner still makes the classic Jonathan English red, green and gold fassionolas. It is widely rumored that the Jonathan English company went out of business, and it was, but before the company went entirely out of business, it was bought by a new owner. The gold was primarily passion fruit flavored, the red was fruit punch, and the green was mainly lime and guava. Jonathan English made Gold, Red, and Green fassionola syrup, each with a unique flavor. The History Of Jonathan English Fassionolaįassionola was a line of tropical syrups made by the San Diego-based Jonathan English company. If you have some information I don’t have, please send me an email or comment, letting me know. The creator Pat O’Brians gives one recipe, Jeff Berry gives another, and then adds modifications. No one can agree upon a single original recipe, and it doesn’t appear that it was written down. Even Jeff Berry says the original used fassionola instead of passion fruit syrup. Other well-researched authors state it was not 4 oz of dark rum but 2 oz of both dark and light rums (I can’t remember the source, but I remember reading it).

At the same time, a very reputable source, even Jeff’s recipe, is disputed. Jeff Beachbum Berry states in “Beach Bum Berry’s Remixed” that the original recipe is 2 oz lemon juice, 2 oz passion fruit syrup, and 4 oz black rum. Now while the origins of the hurricane are pretty much agreed upon, the original hurricane recipe is widely disputed. This will get you drunk, which is the best way to experience New Orleans. The result is this massive and boozy drink with a lot of juice and sweetener to hide the whopping 120 mLs (4 oz) of rum.

With tons of unused rum about, the owner of Pat O’Brians decided to mix a drink using as much of it as possible. The story goes that the folks who controlled the import of European spirits jacked the prices way up and set conditions that for each bottle of European spirits purchased, a certain amount of the more plentiful but less desirable Caribbean rums had to be bought too. The hurricane was invented in the 1940s during World War 2 at Pat O’Brians in New Orleans. Still, I believe the classic Jonathan English red fassionola is not as cherry-forward as my recipe. My red fassionola recipe is cherry-heavy, so this cocktail has a strong cherry flavor. The red fassionola hurricane is terrific, and maybe it’s the inner child in me, but I like its fruit punch flavor.

Original hurricane recipe