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The Perfect Pear

A special TBT that features a Tequila Pear cocktail with a Cinnamon and Smoked Wood Birch Ice Cube.

Difficulty: Intermediate

Servings 1 Cocktail
Author Monica C

Ingredients

Cocktail

  • 1.25 oz Blanco Tequila
  • 1 oz Dry Vermouth
  • 1 oz Fresh Pear Juice
  • ½ oz Freshly Squeezed Lemon

Ice Cube (1 large Ice Cube Mold)

  • ? Cinnamon and Smoked Birch Wood Syrup*
  • ? Filtered Water

Cinnamon and Smoked Birch Wood Syrup

  • ½ cup Wood Chips Smoked or Heated, whichever you have
  • 1 cup Water
  • ? cups Brown Sugar
  • 2 Cinnamon Sticks

Instructions

To make syrup:

  1. In a medium saucepan, combine water, sugar and cinnamon sticks. Let this come to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Pour into sterile jar and add smoked wood chips. Let this sit for a minimum of 12 - 24 hours. Seal once it reaches room temperature and keep in fridge until strained

To make Ice Cube

  1. Grab large ice cube molds and fill 1/3 with syrup, and 2/3 with filtered water. Let it freeze for a minimum of 6 hours before use.

To make cocktail:

  1. Place one infused ice cube into rocks glass.
  2. In a shaker, combine blanco tequila, dry vermouth, pear juice and citrus and short shake. Strain and pour over ice cube and garnish with pear garnish.