The Pear-Devil

Name: The Pear-Devil
Ingredients: 1/2 Bartlett Pear (very ripe - the softer the better); 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire Gin; 2 ounces Ginger Beer; 3 drops of lemon juice; 1 splash Pear Juice; Ice

6 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1/2 Bartlett Pear (very ripe - the softer the better)
1 ounce Bombay Sapphire Gin
2 ounces Ginger Beer
3 drops of lemon juice
1 splash Pear Juice
Ice

Directions

1

Remove the skin from the pear. Using a vegetable peeler, shave 1/2 of the pear in thin strips into the bottom of drink shaker. Muddle until well mushed.
2

Add the gin, ginger beer, lemon juice, pear juice and ice. Swirl gently (there are bubbles in the ginger beer!) and strain into a serving glass. Honest to goodness I am drinking this out of a coffee mug right now but you may want to class it up a bit for company....... Drink (or serve if you're feeling generous) immediately.
3

Note: There is also nothing wrong with simply putting all the ingredients in a glass, stirring and adding ice. The mushy pear strips are a nice little present at the bottom of the glass. I added the step about the straining as a nod to formality...but you're talking about a person who was fixing her drink in a coffee mug so really, what do you expect? Either way, I'm sure it will taste good!