Escalator Cocktail

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Serve in

a Martini glass...
1 fl oz Poire William eau de vie
½ fl oz Zubrówka bison vodka
2 fl oz Pressed apple juice
⅛ fl oz Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Pear slice

Comment:

This orchard-fresh concoction was originally made with Korte Palinka (Hungarian pear schnapps).

About:

Created in 2002 by Kevin Connelly, England. It's called an escalator because the 'apples and pears', rhyming slang for 'stairs', are shaken.

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POUR first two ingredients into glass and TOP with champagne.

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