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Spiced Double Pear Martini

December 7, 2017 By justalittlebitofbacon Leave a Comment

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When I decided to develop a pear martini (a peartini!) I wanted a drink which was All About the Pears. This meant I needed to make a pear syrup and then combine it with some pear brandy for double the pear. If you have some pear vodka on hand, make it triple pear!

Have some ripe pears sitting on your counter? Make some spiced pear syrup and shake it with pear brandy and vodka for a double pear martini! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

When I was deciding on what sort of pear ‘juice’ to add to my pear martini, I had a choice. Either make a puree from the pears and cook that into a syrup or make a clear syrup from diced pears.

So I took a bunch of ripe pears and make two syrups and made two sets of drinks to try. And then tried some more variations the next day and so on until I got it right. (The husband thinks cocktail testing time is HELL. 😉 )

It turns out that the pureed pear syrup makes a great bourbon drink (which is on my list to share) while the clear pear syrup makes a great martini. I test these things so you don’t have to!

My clear pear syrup is roughly based on my strawberry vanilla bean syrup.

In each recipe I cook fruit with spices and water and then gently strain them to keep most of the solids out leaving a clear syrup behind. Pears do break down a little more than strawberries as they cook, so you will get a little sediment, but the basic method is great for both fruits.

And, as with the strawberry syrup, where I’ve shared a Chocolate Covered Strawberry Martini and a Strawberry and Lime Vodka Collins so far, there are lots of drinks you can make with this syrup! Add it to prosecco for a pear bellini, mix it with gin for a pear gin fizz, make a kid friendly drink with ginger ale. It’s all good!

Have some ripe pears sitting on your counter? Make some spiced pear syrup and shake it with pear brandy and vodka for a double pear martini! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Now that I have the syrup, I’m sure I will try different variations for y’all. Today, though, I’m all about this double pear martini.

I started with vodka, pear syrup and lime. Then we tried lemon and liked that better, but it still wasn’t grabbing me. It wasn’t until I looked through my liquor cabinet and pulled out the brandy that I knew I had something.

Basic unflavored brandy all by itself added a dimension to the cocktail which it needed. And then pear brandy took it over the top. As soon as I tasted that version, testing was over and it was time to post. Yes, the husband was a little sad but he cheered up when the wine we ordered from our Napa trip came in.  And he knows that I will have another cocktail to test soon. 🙂

– Happy Drinking, Annemarie

Have some ripe pears sitting on your counter? Make some spiced pear syrup and shake it with pear brandy and vodka for a double pear martini! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Have some ripe pears sitting on your counter? Make some spiced pear syrup and shake it with pear brandy and vodka for a double pear martini! | justalittlebitofbacon.com
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Spiced Double Pear Martini

Have some ripe pears sitting on your counter? Make some spiced pear syrup and shake it with pear brandy and vodka for a double pear martini!
Prep Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2 drinks
Author: Just a Little Bit of Bacon

Ingredients

Spiced Pear Syrup

  • 2 pears, cored and chopped into 1 inch pieces
  • 6 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 cinnamin stick
  • 1 tbsp chopped crystallized ginger
  • 1 tsp allspice berries
  • 1 1/2 cups water

Double Pear Martini

  • 3 oz vodka
  • 2-3 oz pear syrup, start with less and add more if needed
  • 1 oz pear brandy, or standard brandy
  • ice
  • 1 pear, halved and thinly sliced

Instructions

Spiced Pear Syrup

  • Add all the ingredients to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and let the syrup simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Set up a fine mesh strainer over a bowl and pour the syrup into the strainer. Don't press down on the solids! You want a clear (or mostly clear) syrup.
  • Move the syrup to the refrigerator and chill until cold. You can use it while it is still a little warm if you want though the syrup will melt the ice more as you make the drink. The syrup will last about 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

Double Pear Martini

  • Combine the vodka, syrup, brandy, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake well and divide between two glasses. Fan out two sets of four pear slices each and add them to the martinis. Serve.

Notes

  • Pears: I use Bartlett pears in the recipe. They are a soft and sweet pear when ripe. If you are using another type of pear you may need to adjust the sweetness.
  • Sugar: Brown sugar gives the syrup a more caramelized flavor which is nice as a twist on the recipe.
  • Ginger: You can certainly use fresh ginger in place of the crystallized. I usually have crystallized ginger in my pantry so that is what I used.
Have some ripe pears sitting on your counter? Make some spiced pear syrup and shake it with pear brandy and vodka for a double pear martini! | justalittlebitofbacon.com
Have some ripe pears sitting on your counter? Make some spiced pear syrup and shake it with pear brandy and vodka for a double pear martini! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

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