Bartlett Pear Sour Cocktail
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- Makes2 servings
Produced by Aimee Nishitoba, Photography by Carmen Cheung, Food Styling by Matthew Kimura, Prop Styling by Madeleine Johari.
This gorgeous fall cocktail is a seasonal version of a sidecar—a century-old drink made with brandy, orange liqueur and lemon juice—with a few tweaks. In our recipe, we use a pear liqueur in place of orange and omit the added sugar for a more tart flavour.
Ingredients
3 oz brandy
1 1⁄2 oz pear liqueur
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 egg white
10 dashes orange bitters
2 dehydrated pear chips or fresh pear fans, for garnish
Instructions
Combine brandy, liqueur, lemon juice and egg white in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.
Shake well for 30 sec, then strain into 2 chilled coupe glasses.
Add bitters and garnish.
Our favourite pear liqueurs
We love Golden 8 (The Williams) and Monimpex (Hungaria) Golden Pear for this cocktail.
Kitchen tip
To make pear fans, cut a fresh pear into quarters. Thinly slice each quarter into 4 or 5 slices. Pierce a toothpick through a corner of each quarter, through all slices, then fan out.
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A National Magazine Award-winning writer, Christine Sismondo has been writing about spirits, cocktails, bars, and history for publications including Chatelaine, Sharp and the LCBO's Food & Drink for over twenty years. She’s also the Academy Chair for Canada East for World’s 50 Best Bars, author of America Walks into a Bar (2011), Prohibition, a six-part podcast series for Wondery’s American History Tellers and, most recently, Cocktails, A Still Life.