Pear Sour

Ingredients

• Spiced Syrup and Pear Chips

  • 1 cup (250 ml) water
  • 1 cup (210 g) sugar
  • 1 firm pear, cut into thin slices on a mandoline
  • 3 cinnamon sticks, each 3 inches (7.5 cm) long
  • 3 star anise
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, chopped

• Cocktail

  • 1 oz (30 ml) spiced syrup
  • 1 oz (30 ml) amaretto
  • 1 oz (30 ml) lemon juice
  • 1 oz (30 ml) pear nectar
  • Ice cubes
  • Crushed ice
  • 1 1/2 oz (45 ml) plain sparkling water, cold
  • 1 star anise