Smashed Pear Bourbon Cocktail Recipe

Servings 1 cocktail

Ingredients

Smashed Pear Whiskey Cocktail Recipe

  • 2 ounces Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey
  • 1/2 oven roasted ripe pear (peel, stem, and core removed)
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 ounces ginger simple syrup
  • a few dashes orange bitters
  • 2 ounces orange juice or fruit nectar (pear or peach)
  • Plain sparkling water or soda

 

Honey whiskey and orange bitters muddled into ripe pear create a stunning fall cocktail.

 

Instructions

  1. In a dry cocktail shaker, add the pear flesh, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey, lemon juice, and orange bitters. Muddle well and stir until pear is broken down and frothy.
  2. Add vanilla ginger simple syrup and orange juice or fruit nectar (pear or peach).
  3. Dry shake all ingredients until well combined and frothy. Hold the cocktail shaker top firmly as you shake the ingredients.
  4. Pour pear mixture into an empty rocks glass. Top with sparkling water or plain soda.
  5. Stir well and add crushed ice.
  6. Garnish as desired. Pictured, dried pear and sesame seeds.
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Oven Roasted Pears
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Half ripe pears and place on parchment lined baking sheet flesh side up. Sprinkle pears with cinnamon. Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool, then remove skin and core easily from flesh. Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for 2 months.

Recipe from Eat Splendid - https://eatsplendid.com/recipe/smashed-pear-bourbon-cocktail-recipe/