Combine all ingredients, except the Champagne, in a mixing tin and shake with ice. Strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with half of a sliced-open passion fruit. Serve with shot of chilled Champagne on the side.
Vanilla Sugar:
5 cups granulated sugar
2 vanilla pods
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blitz until integrated. Sift through a sieve before using or storing.
The provocatively named cocktail, created at the Townhouse in London in 2003 by Douglas Ankrah, is a Martini in name only, but has gone on to become a modern classic. Made with vanilla vodka, passion fruit liqueur and passion fruit purée, the final flourish is a shot glass of chilled Champagne served alongside the drink (intended to alternate with the cocktail as a palate cleanser)
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