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Pear Martini with Lemon and Rosemary

4.6

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 12

Ingredients

Rosemary syrup

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
4 4-inch rosemary sprigs

Martini

1 750-ml bottle premium vodka
5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons Poire Williams (clear pear brandy)
12 ice cubes
12 small rosemary sprigs

Preparation

  1. For rosemary syrup:

    Step 1

    Bring sugar and water to boil in small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add rosemary sprigs. Reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes. Cool mixture completely. Discard rosemary.

  2. For martini:

    Step 2

    Mix rosemary syrup, vodka, lemon juice, and brandy in large pitcher. Cover pitcher with plastic wrap and place in freezer until mixture is cold, about 3 hours. Remove pitcher from freezer; add ice cubes. Stir briskly to melt ice partially. Strain mixture into chilled Martini glasses. Garnish each glass with rosemary sprig.

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