Cane & Table’s Hurricane

Kirk Estopinal | New Orleans

hurricane cocktail new orleans

At Cane & Table in New Orleans’ French Quarter, Kirk Estopinal has revived the Bourbon Street standby with house-made fassionola syrup and a blend of rums.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces Puerto Rican rum, preferably Don Q
  • 1 1/2 ounces Puerto Rican rum, preferably Don Q
  • 1/2 ounce Jamaican rum, preferably Coruba
  • 1/2 ounce Jamaican rum, preferably Coruba
  • 3/4 ounce fassionola syrup (see Editor's Note)
  • 3/4 ounce fassionola syrup (see Editor's Note)
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice

Garnish: cocktail umbrella

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and briefly shake.
  2. Strain into a Hurricane glass filled with pebble ice.
  3. Garnish with a cocktail umbrella inside out as if it's been broken by the wind.
Editor's Note

Fassionola Syrup
18 ounces passion fruit pulp, preferably Goya, by weight
32 ounces sugar, by weight
22 ounces water, by weight
2 tablespoons guava jelly
1/2 cup dried hibiscus leaves

Heat water and passion fruit pulp to 190 degrees Fahrenheit. Add the guava jelly and stir until it completely melts. Add the sugar and stir until it’s completely dissolved. Remove from heat and add the dried hibiscus. Let rest overnight. Strain the hibiscus out of mixture and bottle for use.

Tagged: fassionola, rum