| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 30 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Inactive: | 15 min |
| Cook: | 5 min |
| Yield: | 4 cups (6 to 8 servings) |
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup vodka
- 1/4 cup dry vermouth
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (from 3 large limes)
- Two 8-ounce ripe pears, such as Comice, peeled, stemmed, cored and cut into 1-inch pieces
- Ice
- 1/2 unpeeled pear, cored and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices, for garnish
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and 1/2 cup water over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and allow the syrup to cool, about 15 minutes.
- In a blender, puree the syrup, vodka, vermouth, lime juice and pears until smooth. For each drink, pour some of the pear mixture into an ice-filled cocktail shaker and shake well. Pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with pear slices and serve.
Reviews
Super easy! Taste so good I had to stop myself before drank the whole thing! I used a premade simple syrup from the store and mixed Absolut pear vodka with plain vodka and a little nutmeg.
These are incredible, extremely smooth! Couldn’t find comice pears but used bartlett and extra dry vermouth with great success!
This is a lovely, light and delicious drink, and easy to make. Wonderful
Too sweet for my tastes! However, I loved the pears and will make again with a simple syrup that is 1 part sugar to 2 parts water. I also zested some lime into the syrup and that was really good. Next time I will also strain – the pears were a bit pulpy.
Made this last nigh and it turned out great!
I just made a batch to taste before my Thanksgiving dinner, I loved it!!!! Great taste of pear, the vodka is not over powering, i did tried it with ketel one. I also did strain it before i drank the peartini. Smooth and refreshing.
Great, refreshing martini! Tastes so light and fresh.
Make sure you use the best quality of vodka as you can – I used Absolut and wish I had used Grey Goose or Ketel One or something similar. Also, I would strain the mixture through a fine sieve to remove some of the pulp – it was a little thick!