Name: Apples 'n' Pears
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Pear and cognac liqueur; 30 ml Apple juice; 1 dash Absinthe; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Apples 'n' Pears
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
³⁄₄ oz	Belle de Brillet pear liqueur
1 oz	Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of apple or pear slice, fresh or dehydrated.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with apple or pear slice, fresh/dehydrated, floated or on the rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

In cockney rhyming slang 'apples and pears' means 'stairs'. The flavours of the fruits also combine well, here fortified with calvados.

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History:

Created in 2005 by yours truly in London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Apples 'n' Pears contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.76% alc./vol. (18.76° proof)
18.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Egg McKenzie

17th November 2024 at 18:36

fuck me. absolute fucking hellfire. i'm going to finish this in an autumn second.

Steve Erwood-Heijselaar

5th October 2024 at 16:57

Had forgotten what a lovely little cocktail this is. Perfect for a rare outdoors evening in early October, such as the one we just enjoyed today. No idea why it gets such a low "Discerning Drinkers" rating, as this remains a real go-to autumnal recipe for us!

Philip Hayter

26th September 2022 at 10:23

Front lead in page from email shows "Aged rum" as an ingredient however, recipe shows vodka.

Paloma Difford

26th September 2022 at 11:33

Hi Philip, many thanks for making us aware of the typo. Now fixed!

Florian Ruf

10th November 2021 at 17:32

There is two times Calvados in the recipe?

Simon Difford

10th November 2021 at 18:23

Thanks for flagging Florian. I amended recipe 20/Oct/21 to move calvados, the main ingredient, to the top and obviously made a hash of it. Now fixed. Thankfully, I keep notes.

John Hinojos

19th October 2021 at 00:24

I really, really like this. Just sweet enough, and a great aperitif. Great hint of apple and pear. Perfect for the autumn.

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