As you may recall, the Honey Pear martini, also known as the Honeyed Pair Martini, (oh, clever play on words) is also known as
The Daywrecker. So while you get all hazy-eyed staring at your new summer fling, I will just politely add, you were warned.
This elixir...my oh my....it is simple. And simply out of this world. HiPie and I attempted to make them in Mexico with a bottle of Grey Goose La Poire, some unknown mixture that was promised to be honey, and pieces of lemon. Do not do this. This isn't
Second City. Don't improvise. We had to because 1. the La Poire was beckoning 2. I talked up the Honey Pear martini oh so much. 3. They do not sell lemon juice in Mexico. Anywhere.
So here is the delicious mixture. Enjoy every sip.
Honey Pear Martini
Fill your shaker with ice. Add ice and cold water to your martini glasses to chill. (Come on, be fancy with me.) However, I don't recommend flavored sugar rim unless its lemon sugar.
This should make two or three depending on your glass size. We have Reidel 5 oz martini glasses but beware: you don't want to tell people you had eight martinis tomorrow. A 5 oz glass is tiny.
Ingredients:
1/2 pear vodka with a splash of cold water (Count to ten while you pour if you aren't going to measure).
1/4 honey simple syrup* (Directions below but don't worry, its simple.) Count to five while you pour.
1/4 lemon juice (fresh or Real Lemon 100% lemon juice. Count to five while you pour).
Shake it, shake it, shake it. Empty your chilling martini glass and refill with nectar of Aestas.
* To make honey simple syrup. Add 1 c. water to 1. c honey in a saucepan over medium heat until honey is fully incorporated. Do not boil. It will overflow and make a huge mess and you will pissed off before you can enjoy your cocktail and I never want to see that happen.
Let cool completely. Store in squeeze bottle or in tupperware container. Cheers!
