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Smart Cocktails for Autumn Evenings
There are few things greater than sitting down and diving into a good book, “... except, of course, with a good cocktail,” says Tom Roberge, co-owner of Riffraff...
I love making pear shrub to capture the juicy sweetness of a fruit that’s otherwise hard to capture in cocktails.
Ingredients
- 1½ ounces Orleans Bitter Aperitif Cider
- 1 ounce Spiced Pear Shrub*
- Soda water
- Fresh thyme sprig for garnish
- Fresh pear slice for garnish
Instructions
Fill rocks glass with ice, add aperitif, shrub, top with soda water and garnish with pear slice and thyme. Makes 1 cocktail.
Spiced Pear Shrub*
Core and chop 3 ripe pears and place in nonreactive container with ½ cup granulated sugar, 1 cup apple cider vinegar, 2 cinnamon sticks, ¼ teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg. Stir, cover and store in a dark, cool place for 2 days. Strain solution, pour liquid into a clean bottle and refrigerate for up to 1 year.
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