Ric Pear Blanc Recipe
A vermouth-based sour: sweet white vermouth with lime, a splash of pear brandy and ginger syrup, softened by a light egg-white foam.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 11%
- Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients
- Vermouth bianco60 ml (2 oz)
- Fresh lime juice22 ml (0.7 oz)
- Pear brandy (Poire Williams)15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Ginger syrup7.5 ml (0.3 oz)
- Egg white7.5 ml (0.3 oz)
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake without ice to build the foam.
- Add ice and shake again until very cold.
- Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with a fresh rosemary sprig.
Garnish
Fresh rosemary sprig
What it tastes like
The citrus acidity leads, fruit notes come forward, it wears a foam cap and it is low in alcohol.
The technique
Shaking. Anything with juice, syrup, egg white or cream gets shaken: the shaker chills the drink and adds roughly 20% water, and that water is what takes the edge off. Twelve to fifteen seconds, until the tin frosts over. Under-shaking leaves the drink harsh because it never got enough dilution.
Glass and ice
A stemmed, shallow coupe. The stem keeps your hand's warmth away from the drink, and the wide bowl carries the aroma to your nose. Served without ice.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Vermouth bianco
- White but sweet vermouth — not to be confused with the dry one. It carries vanilla and chamomile, and can replace sweet red vermouth, though the drink stays pale.
- Fresh lime juice
- Freshly squeezed lime. Bottled lime tastes cooked and flat; one lime gives about 30 ml. If you have none, half lemon and half grapefruit juice comes closest.
- Ginger syrup
- Ginger syrup — grated fresh ginger steeped with equal parts sugar and water, then strained. In a pinch use ginger beer, but then cut the sugar elsewhere in the recipe.
- Egg white
- Egg white adds texture, not flavour. Shake it first without ice (a dry shake), then again with ice. The vegan swap is chickpea water, in the same quantity.
The Story
A contemporary low-proof sour that puts vermouth bianco in the base-spirit seat, with Poire Williams as the accent.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Ric Pear Blanc mixed?
- It is shaken and served in a coupe.
- How strong is a Ric Pear Blanc?
- Roughly 11% ABV as served — right around a glass of wine — an aperitif or an early-evening drink.
- Can a Ric Pear Blanc be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Ric Pear Blanc hard to make?
- Moderate. A shaker or mixing glass plus a strainer covers it.
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