Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Fill ice cube tray with filtered water, and add a thin pear slice to each cube.
- Zest lemon and generously sprinkle ground cinnamon over ice cube tray. Allow cubes to freeze before continuing to next step.
- To make the pear puree: Peel the skin from 2 small Anjou pears, slice, cube and blend on high. Add water in small increments if the mixture is too thick. Pear puree should look like thin applesauce.
- Fill cocktail shaker with plain ice (not the infused cubes!), and add pear puree, gin, simple syrup, and a generous squeeze of half a lemon.
- Shake vigorously for 15 seconds
- Add one large infused ice cube each to two cocktail glasses. If you made smaller ice cubes, add several to each glass!
- Strain into your cocktail glasses, and add a splash of soda water to top off.
- Optional: Garnish with an extra dash of cinnamon and add a cinnamon stick for swizzling.
- Enjoy responsibly!
Notes
As the drink is consumed and the ice melts, the pear and citrus flavors shift and change in proportion. This makes for a cocktail that tastes noticeably different at the end than it did at the beginning! It’s an adventure in a glass.
If you're unable to make a pear puree, you can substitute with apple cider.
In place of simple syrup, a small squeeze of agave syrup would also work!