Barney’s Pear
adapted from Barney Burns, The Grove Hotel (UK)
2.5 oz apple juice (or unfiltered cider, if you like it drier)
0.75 oz pear purée
0.25 oz lemon juice
0.5 oz simple syrup infused with spices*
Thin pear slice, sprig of thyme
Noughty alcohol free sparkling wine
1. Fill a wine glass with ice to chill it, discard the ice.
2. Add all the ingredients apart from Noughty to a shaker, add ice, shake for 10 seconds
3. Strain into the glass
4. Top with Noughty
6. Garnish with the pear slice and thyme sprig
*In a medium sauce pan: 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of water, 5 cloves, 1 star anise pod, 1 cinnamon stick. Heat until it boils and stir until sugar is dissolved. Strain to remove the spices.