Recipe courtesy of Gourmet Magazine
Pear Brandy Champagne Cocktail
- Level: Easy
- Total: 20 min
- Prep: 5 min
- Inactive: 10 min
- Cook: 5 min
- Yield: 4 cocktails
Ingredients
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup plus 4 teaspoons French pear brandy Recommended: Poire William
2 2/3 cups chilled champagne
1 Seckle or small Bosc pear
Directions
- In a small saucepan, heat sugar and 1/4 cup pear brandy over moderate heat until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and cool syrup. Spoon 1 1/2 tablespoons syrup into each of 4 champagne glasses and add 1 teaspoon pear brandy to each glass. Add 2/3 cup champagne to each glass and stir well. Cut pear lenghtwise into thin slices and add 1 slice to each cocktail.;
