A true taste of summer if you love pears…a crisp, cool, and sweet (but not too sweet) cocktail.

Ingredients:

• 120ml pear vodka
• 1 pear sliced
• 30ml lime juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 dash angostura bitters
• Ice
• 90ml sparkling mineral water

Method:

• Drizzle the lime juice over the pear slices to add flavour and prevent browning. Be sure to get a little on all sides.
• In a cocktail shaker, add two slices of fresh pear, and mash with a muddling stick. You don’t have to beat it to a pulp, but muddle for about 30 seconds to get the slices broken up.
• Add pear vodka, any remaining lime juice, sugar, a dash of bitters, and some ice.
• Shake the ingredients together, and strain into a chilled martini glass.
• Top off with sparkling mineral water, and garnish with remaining slices of pear.