Pearish the Thought!

Pearish the Thought, a Sunday morning spritzer.

2 parts sweet white wine (of dubious quality)
1 part pear nectar
2 parts seltzer water
2 dashes orange liqueur
Garnish with a sprig of mint and a sprig of lemongrass

This made a fine morning pairing with lemon blueberry pancakes and a somewhat obscene amount of bacon. I was looking for something light and refreshing and was hoping to try a bottle of wine that I purchased for $2.97. Unsurprisingly, I was dubious of the quality of this bottle of wine and thought it might lend itself to being mixed with a lot of other ingredients.

This made for a fine way to spend a Sunday morning with friends.

Cocktails and dreams

The limoncello project started on December 30th 2011 has reached it’s end tonight.
My friend Brian and I  cooked up a simple syrup using some of the lemon juice that we reserved from the zested lemon, strained out the zest and added the syrup.
The final product is still cooling but the first taste was quite good- all sweetness and lemons. So here is the yield for the limoncello project.

• 6 liters vodka base Limoncello
• 1 liter grain alcohol based Limoncello
• 1 liter white overproof rum base limncello

In addition, I put up several pints of vodka to infuse with herbs and flower flavors.

• 1 pint hibiscus flower vodka
• 1 pint lavender infused vodka
• 1 pint orange blossom infused vodka
• 1 pint ginger, lemongrass, lemon balm and lemon verbena infused vodka
• 1/4 pint ginger infused vodka

I hoping to use these infused vodkas to make some very delicious old time feel cocktails. I’ll be acquiring or making some lavender, ginger, orange and lemon sugars to pair with these infused vodkas.