Garnish:
Half orange juice & sugar-rimmed glass
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 2/3 fl oz | Poire William eau-de-vie |
| 3/4 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 3 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
Review:
A generously flavoured pear drop sour.
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'."
Alcohol content:
- 1.1 standard drinks
- 15.41% alc./vol. (30.82° proof)
- 15.8 grams of pure alcohol
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