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Friday Shake Up! Pear Cardamom Flip Cocktail

Pear Cardamom Flip Cocktail

Total Time:   5 mins
Serves:   1

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe Pear, divided
  • 8 medium sized mint leaves
  • 1 teaspoon blueberry liqueur
  • 1 teaspoon Eau De Vie de Poire Williams by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 2 dashes orange bitters
  • 22mls pear-cardamom syrup (see recipe below)
  • 44mls light rum
  • 22mls fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 7mls fresh ginger juice
  • 1 large egg white
  • Ice

           Pear-Cardamom Syrup

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ USA Pear, shaved w/ vegetable peeler
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom

 

Instructions – for the syrup

  1. Bring sugar and water to boil in small pot.
  2. Remove from heat and add pear and cardamom.
  3. Cover and let sit for 20 minutes.
  4. Strain and chill.

Instructions – for the Cocktail

  1. Dice ¼ of the pear into ¼ inch cubes and place in rocks glass with blueberry liqueur, mint and brandy.  Stir to combine.
  2. Cut another ¼ of pear into large chunks.  Put in shaker and add bitters and pear-cardamom syrup. Muddle until pear is completely broken down.  Add rum, lemon juice, ginger juice and egg white.  Fill with ice and shake for 30 seconds.
  3. Add ice cubes to rocks glass with pear cubes.
  4. Strain cocktail into glass and garnish by standing a paper-thin slice of pear in froth.

 

Cocktail adapted from usapears.org

By |2023-02-15T01:39:32+10:30December 13, 2019|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Mulled Perry with Fresh Fruit and Spiced Rum

Mulled Perry with Fresh Fruit and Spiced Rum

 

Total Time:   30 mins
Serves:   4

 

Ingredients

 

Instructions

  1. Heat up the pear juice in a large pot on the stove over medium-high heat.
  2. While the pear juice is heating up, cut the pear and orange into 1/2 inch slices.
  3. Add the pear and orange slices to the warm apple juice.
  4. Then add the cinnamon sticks, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves to the juice.
  5. Turn the heat to low and let the mixture simmer for 5-10 minutes.
  6. Add the spiced rum and let it the mixture warm up (just until it’s hot enough to drink or else you’ll burn off all the alcohol!).
  7. Once it’s warm, remove from heat and serve immediately.

 

Cocktail adapted from Life Tastes Like Food

By |2019-08-09T19:13:39+09:30August 9, 2019|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Hot Perry Buttered Rum Cocktail

Hot Perry Buttered Rum Cocktail

 

Total Time:   20 mins
Serves:   30

 

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup Butter, slightly softened but still firm
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 3/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon Allspice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 cups Brown Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Honey
  • Rum
  • Hot Perry, we recommend ‘The Triumph’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • Cinnamon Sticks For Garnish (optional)

 

Instructions

  • Buttered Rum Batter

    1. Cream together butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, sea salt and vanilla, until well combined.
    2. Add brown sugar and honey.  Mix well.  Store batter in an airtight container in the refrigerator, until ready to use.
  • Hot Perry Buttered Rum

    1. Place 2 teaspoons of Buttered Rum Mix in a mug, add 1 shot of Rum and fill with hot Perry.  Garnish with a cinnamon stick and serve.

 

Cocktail adapted from serenabakessimplyfromscratch.comadishofdailylife.com

By |2019-06-28T21:47:57+09:30June 28, 2019|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Mulled Perry with Pears and Spices

Mulled Perry with Pears and Spices

 

Total Time:   15 mins
Serves:   2

 

Ingredients

  • 1 large ripe pear
  • 15g butter
  • 500ml Perry, we recommend the ‘Mysterious One’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 1 tablespoon soft brown sugar
  • 6 cloves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • juice of half and orange

 

Instructions

  1. Peel the pear and chop into bite size pieces.
  2. Melt the butter in a small frying pan and add the pears.
  3. Cook on a low heat until the pears are soft and tender.
  4. Place the Perry in a small stainless steel saucepan with the sugar, cloves, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg and orange juice.
  5. Warm slowly on a low heat until the mixture is almost boiling, then lower the heat and keep warm.
  6. Divide the pears between two large glasses and pour over the mulled cider.

 

Cocktail adapted from cygnetkitchen.co.ukliquor.com

By |2019-06-14T21:56:34+09:30June 14, 2019|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Cranberry Pear Prosecco Cocktail

Cranberry Pear Prosecco Cocktail

 

Total Time:   5 mins
Serves:   1

 

Ingredients

  • Chilled ArtWine Prosecco
  • Cranberry juice
  • Pear Juice, we recommend 100% Pear by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • Pear slices

 

Instructions

  1. Fill your flute halfway with chilled prosecco.
  2. With the remaining half of the flute, fill it 1/3 of the way up with cranberry juice, 1/3 of the way up with pear nectar and then add a splash of prosecco to the top.  You’ll need a little space to add the pears, so don’t fill your flute up completely with prosecco.
  3. Add pear slices to the flute, fanning them out slightly

 

Cocktail adapted from adishofdailylife.com

By |2019-04-05T21:21:21+10:30April 5, 2019|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Millionaire Pear Cocktail

Millionaire Pear Cocktail

 

Total Time:   5 mins
Serves:   1

 

Ingredients

  • Granulated sugar
  • 1/4 Lemon Bergamot pear, sliced
  • 15mls fresh-squeezed lemon juice
  • 22mls Eau De Vie de Poire Williams by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 22mls vodka
  • 10mls vanilla-infused simple syrup
  • Mandarin blossom vodka, such as Absolut Mandarin
  • Ice
  • Finely ground fresh black pepper

 

Instructions

  1. Dip the rim of a chilled cocktail glass in sugar and set aside.
  2. In a shaker, muddle pear slices with lemon juice.  Fill with ice, add Eau De Vie, vodka and simple syrup.  Shake well and strain into the sugar-rimmed glass.
  3. Add a float of mandarin blossom vodka and a sprinkle of freshly ground black pepper.

 

Vanilla-Infused Simple Syrup
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
1/2 fresh plump vanilla bean, split and scrape
Bring sugar and water to boil in small pot.
Remove from heat and add the vanilla bean and seeds.
Cover and let sit for 20 minutes. Strain and chill.

 

Cocktail adapted from usapears.org

By |2019-02-18T15:03:04+10:30December 28, 2018|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Tuscan Pear Cocktail

Tuscan Pear Cocktail

 

Total Time:   3 mins
Serves:   1

 

Ingredients

  • 45mls Eau De Vie de Poire Williams by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 25mls limoncello
  • 25mls ginger liqueur
  • 15mls simple syrup
  • 45mls orange juice
  • Garnish: mint leaves
  • Garnish: dried pears

 

Instructions

  1. Pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  2. Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosted and beaded with sweat.
  3. Strain into an old-fashioned glass rimmed with sugar and filled with crushed ice.
  4. Garnish with mint leaves and dried pears.

 

Cocktail adapted from thespruceeats.com

By |2019-02-18T15:03:06+10:30September 21, 2018|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Sparkling Pear, Cranberry & Eau de Vie Cocktail

Refreshing and festive, this is truly the perfect Christmas cocktail.

 

Sparkling Pear, Cranberry & Eau de Vie Cocktail

 

Total Time:   5 mins
Serves:  4-6

 

Ingredients

  • 500ml sparkling Pear Juice by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 200ml cranberry juice
  • 100-200ml  Eau de Vie by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • juice of 1 lemon

 

Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients and mix well but don’t shake.
  2. Pour into chilled glasses and serve.

 

Cocktail adapted from simply-delicious-food.comthespruce.com

By |2019-02-18T15:03:10+10:30December 8, 2017|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Pear of Desire Cocktail

Pear of Desire Cocktail

 

Serves:   1

 

Ingredients

  • Ice
  • 22mls citrus vodka
  • 22mls Licor 43 (citrus-and-vanilla-flavored liqueur)
  • 60mls pear juice, we recommend ‘100% Pear’ by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 15mls cream soda
  • 30mls chilled ginger ale
  • 1 or 2 pear slices, for garnish (optional)

 

Instructions

  1. Fill a pint glass with ice.  Add all of the remaining ingredients except the ginger ale and pear slices and stir well.  Strain into a chilled coupe, top with the ginger ale and garnish with the pear slices.

 

Cocktail adapted from foodandwine.com

By |2019-02-18T15:03:12+10:30October 19, 2017|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

Friday Shake Up! Dafne Martini

Dafne Martini

 

Total Time:   3 mins
Serves:   1

 

Ingredients

  • 45mls Gin by Applewood Distillery
  • 45mls Eau de Vie by Paracombe Premium Perry
  • 15mls Blue Curacao
  • 15mls Dry Vermouth
  • Dash of  Orange Bitters

 

Instructions

  1. Pour the Gin, Eau de Vie, Blue Curacao and Dry Vermouth into a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into a well-chilled cocktail glass.
  4. Add a dash of orange bitters.

 

Cocktail adapted from thespruce.com

By |2019-02-18T15:03:13+10:30September 8, 2017|Friday Shake Up!|0 Comments

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