Perfect Pear

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Poire William eau-de-vie
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of half orange juice & sugar-rimmed glass.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

A generously flavoured pear drop sour.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 1995 by Marco Dionysos at Saucebox in Portland, Oregon for his ex-wife, Sarah. According to Jim Meehan's PDT Cocktail Book, "He named it the Perfect Pear in honor of their marriage and the King Crimson song 'Three of a Perfect Pair'."

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Nutrition:

One serving of Perfect Pear contains 209 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 15.41% alc./vol. (15.41° proof)
  • 15.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Prithvi Vallabh’s Avatar Prithvi Vallabh
15th April at 05:32
Was a little too boozy, dry and sour as written. Added a splash more OJ and simple syrup and pear suddenly became bright, unmasked from underneath the alcohol vapor.
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Kim Josefsen’s Avatar Kim Josefsen
8th July 2024 at 09:19
Pear eau-de-vie is delicious, but the pairing with orange juice is not spectacular. My personal favorite is to *pear* it with a flavored syrup that compliments the pear. To keep the pear in focus, I use a reduced white wine syrup.
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