Author: Nikki Achitoff-Gray
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Year Created: 2012
The Spiced Pear Collins is an autumn variation of the classic template that brightens the original's gin, citrus, and simple syrup with a homemade herbal pear purée and a touch of rosemary-infused syrup.
Base Spirit: Gin
Method: Shaken
Serving Size: 1
Slice pears, then add pear slices, 1 ½ oz lemon juice, 1 ½ tsp rosemary leaves to a blender, blend for 5-10 seconds until smooth, and strain through a cheesecloth.
Add gin, 1 ½ oz pear purée, rosemary clove syrup, and ¾ oz lemon juice to a shaker.
Fill shaker with cubed ice.
Shake for 10-20 seconds.
Add fresh cracked ice to a highball glass.
Using a Hawthorne strainer, strain into highball glass.
Top with soda water.
Garnish with rosemary sprig.