Autumn
Dry shake ∙ 5 min ∙ 17.6% ABV ∙
The Autumn is a shaken vodka sour built with fresh passion fruit, passion fruit syrup, unsweetened apple cider, and egg white, served up in a martini glass. Silky and frothy from the egg white, tart passion fruit leads while the apple cider adds a mellow, orchard-fruit undertone through a soft, lingering finish.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Cut a Passion fruit 1 pc in half and scoop out the flesh from each shell into the shaker
- Add the remaining ingredients and dry-shake without ice: Vodka 60 mlApple cider (unsweetened) 30 mlPassion fruit syrup 15 mlEgg white 15 ml
- Shake again with ice
- Fine strain into the chilled glass
- Express an orange twist over the cocktail and use as garnish
Tips
- Dry-shake the vodka, apple cider, passion fruit syrup, egg white and scooped fresh passion fruit pulp first without ice for a full 15 seconds to build stable foam.
- After the dry shake, add ice and shake hard for another 12-15 seconds to chill and dilute properly, since egg-white drinks need extra agitation to emulsify.
- Double-strain through a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer into the chilled martini glass to catch passion fruit seeds and pulp fibers, leaving a smooth, silky texture.
- Express the orange twist over the foam surface just before serving to release citrus oils, then rest the peel on the rim rather than dropping it in.
History
The Autumn cocktail was created in 2004 by a British drinks writer as an inspired take on Max Warner's Autumn Punch, a cocktail Warner had created in 2001 at the Baltic Bar in London. The drink was originally served straight up in a martini glass and, following the naming convention of the day, was first called the Autumn Martini, one of a wave of so-called "Alternatinis" that reworked the classic Martini format with new flavor combinations. It later became known simply as the Autumn cocktail.
