A festive recipe from Four Seasons Cookbook to use up ripe pears with a kick of ginger ale. This makes a great welcome drink for your guests, try elderflower instead of rum to make a non-alcoholic version.
Ingredients
Ripe pears 3, peeled and cored
Lemon ½, juice only
Ice 2 handfuls
Traditional ginger beer 300ml (½ pint), chilled
Spiced rum 75ml (3fl oz)
Directions
Chop 2½ pears into cubes and place in a blender with the lemon juice and a handful of ice. Whizz until smooth.
Set a sieve over a large measuring jug and push the mixture through the sieve, discarding the pulp.
Stir in the ginger beer and rum, then taste, adding more rum or ginger beer if you like.
Thinly slice the remaining ½ pear and pop into two gin glasses along with some ice. Pour in the pear cocktail and serve immediately.