Recipe of the day - 2/26 - Pear Martini with Lemon and Rosemary
 

Pear Martini with Lemon and Rosemary

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

For rosemary syrup:
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.

For martini:
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.


Serves 12.

Sounds interesting, I love Martinis!

perfect for cocktail hour with the girls

I wanna go!