Good Christian Pear Recipe
A pear-brandy sour with honey and lemon, lifted by a few dashes of absinthe — fragrant, bright and faintly herbal.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 16%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Pear brandy (Poire Williams)45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Honey syrup30 ml (1 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Absinthe3 dash
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with a thin pear slice or a lemon wheel.
Garnish
Pear slice or lemon wheel
The Story
The name plays on the Williams pear, known in French as Bon Chrétien — the "good Christian" — which is the variety distilled into Poire Williams.
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