I've been keeping this under my hat for a little too long now. I've invented a cocktail using my new favorite spirit, Passoa. I've shared it with some of my friends and dance colleagues, and they're all quite smitten with it. I figured I should probably quit being so stingy and go ahead and get the word out so others can enjoy its Passion-fruity goodness. Before sharing the recipe, though, I must tell you how it got its name. My good friends Crystal and Denise brought me my first bottle of Passoa when they returned from a Caribbean cruise. I tried using it in a few things, and finally hit upon a combination that I really liked. One evening I talked Crystal and Denise into accompanying me to my beginner belly dance class. Before going to class, we had a few sips of my new beverage with dinner. I told them, "This will help us to get smooshy!" That's the highly technical term that my bellydance teacher, Jeannette, uses to refer to keeping your knees soft, etc. while dancing. I told them, "I don't have a name for it yet, though. What do you suggest?" and they said, "Why not just keep it simple and call it the Smooshy?" Thus the Smooshy was born.

The ingredients in one Smooshy are:
2 oz. of ruby red grapefruit juice cocktail, 1 1/2 oz. Passoa Passion Fruit liqueur, 1 oz. gold rum, and 1/2 oz. Rose's sweetened lime juice. Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass; garnish with a lime slice.
Cheers!